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Species: Conodon nobilis, Barred grunt

elongate
8 dark bars

D XI

preopercle angle: 2 large spines

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Conodon nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Barred grunt

Elongate, moderately robust, compressed; eye large; rear margin of bone under eye concealed by scales; chin with a central groove, two pores at front, 2 more in hole behind them; preopercle border concave, strongly serrated, 2 large spines at angle; outer row of teeth on both jaws enlarged; dorsal fin XII, 12-13; anal III, 7-8, second spine much large than third; scales over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin; lateral-line scales 50-53, 5 scales above and 11 below lateral line.

Brownish on back, white below, sides with yellow lines; 8 wide blackish bars on upper side usually evident; soft dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins yellow.

Size: grows to about 30 cm.

On soft bottoms, typically in turbid waters.

Depth: 1-100 m, but typically in shallow waters; occasionally in freshwater.

Florida to Brazil.

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Salinity

Freshwater
Marine
Brackish

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Sand & gravel
Mud
Soft bottom only

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data

Diet

Bony fishes
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Egg Type

Pelagic larva
Pelagic
Data

Global Endemism

All species.
West Atlantic Endemic
Greater Caribbean non-endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)
Also in Brazil
All species..
Extends South of GC
Island (s)
Continent
GC non-endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

IUCN Red List

Listed
Least concern

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

30

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

100

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

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Species - Conodon nobilis

Habitat

Salinity

Freshwater

Marine

Brackish

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)

Sand & gravel

Mud

Soft bottom only

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Diet

Bony fishes

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Data

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Reproduction

Egg Type

Pelagic larva

Pelagic

Data

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species.

West Atlantic Endemic

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)

Also in Brazil

All species..

Extends South of GC

Island (s)

Continent

GC non-endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Listed

Least concern

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

30

Depth

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

100

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

517

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

10,513,508 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

19.27,-78.09

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