Species: Pareques umbrosus, Cubbyu, Cubbyu Drum

Pareques umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)

Cubbyu, Cubbyu Drum

Body oblong, deep, back strongly arched, head low; eye relatively large; snout overhangs horizontal mouth; top jaw notched, encloses lower; teeth in villiform band, those in outer row of lower jaw enlarged and canine-like; chin with 6 pores, no barbells; snout with 10 pores; gill rakers 15-18, short and slender; preopercle weakly serrated; top corner of gill opening notched; dorsal fin with long base, deep notch between spiny and soft parts, IX-X + I, 38-40, 1st dorsal a little higher than 2nd, longest spine not reaching 4th soft ray; anal fin II, 2nd spine slender, 7; tail fin rounded; scales rough on body, smooth on head; soft dorsal and anal fins with thick sheaths of scales; the lateral line extends to the center of the end of the tail fin.

Adult: dark grey body and fins, body with many thin black stripes. Juvenile: whitish with black stripes, a black bar on dorsal and pelvics; a vertically oval black ring on snout; pectorals colorless.

Maximum size to 20 cm.

Inhabits reefs and nearby sandy-mud bottoms.

Depth: 4-110 m.

Chesapeake Bay to Brazil.