Species: Pempheris schomburgkii, Copper Sweeper, Glassy Sweeper
dark stripe along A base
Pempheris schomburgkii Müller & Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848
Glassy Sweeper, Copper Sweeper
Body oblong, very deep, highly compressed; upper head profile moderately oblique, back profile ~horizontal; a keel on chest before pelvic fins; eye large (1/3 of head length); snout very short; mouth moderate, strongly oblique, opening upwards; teeth small; gill rakers long and numerous; dorsal fin short based, V (IV-VI) weak spines, 8-10 rays, its origin before anal fin origin; anal fin with long base, III (1st very short), 31-34 (29-36) rays; tail fin forked; pectoral long and pointed, 15-18; most scales rough, smooth on flank; anal fin with a scaly sheath, scales extend well onto tail fin; lateral line complete, arched high along back, extends almost to tips of central tail rays; 48-61 pored scales to tail fin base.
Coppery red to olive, with a silver sheen; a dark band along base of anal fin.
Reaches 15 cm.
On clearwater reefs.
Depth range: 2-30 m.
Bermuda to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Water column
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
