Species: Stellifer naso, Naso stardrum

eye large

lower jaw: central row teeth not enlarged
preopercle 7-10 short spines
scales atop head rough to between eyes
Stellifer naso (Jordan, 1889)
Naso stardrum
Body elongate, moderately compressed; head large, low and broad, skull cavernous, translucent, spongy to touch; eye large (24-29% of head); mouth moderately large, ~horizontal, opens under snout; teeth on lower jaw equal in size, no enlarged central row; chin with 4 pores, no barbels; snout with 8 pores; preopercle with 7-10 short spines at angle; gill rakers short, 22-26; top corner of gill opening notched; deep notch between spiny and soft parts of dorsal fin, X + I-II, 21-23; anal fin with short base II, 8-9 , 2nd spine 3/4 1st ray; pelvics short, not reaching tip of pectorals; tail fin pointed; pored lateral line scales 50-52; scales rough on body and head, rough on top of head to between eyes; the lateral line extends to the center of the end of the tail fin.
Silvery grey above, yellowish below; pectoral yellow, with dark speckling; pelvics yellow with black edges; anal yellow with black speckling; dorsal and tail fins dark grey.
Reaches 15 cm.
On sand and mud bottoms, and estuaries
Depth range: 1-30 m.
Colombia to NE Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- All species..
- Also in Brazil
- Continent only
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 30