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Species: Doratonotus megalepis, Dwarf Wrasse

body oval; head small, pointed

D IX, deep notch after 3rd spine

mottled red & green

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Doratonotus megalepis Gunther, 1862

Dwarf Wrasse

Body oval, strongly compressed; head small, upper profile slightly concave; snout pointed, low; mouth highly extendible, opens at front, thick lips; rear of top jawbone not visible on cheek; toothed grinding plates in throat; 1 pair of canines at front of both jaws, 1 pair at rear of top jaws; gill rakers 15-16; gill membranes fused under throat; dorsal fin with IX spines, a deep notch after the 3rd spine, not obviously notched between spiny and soft parts; anal fin III, 9; tail fin rounded; lateral line in two pieces, rear piece on tail base, 17 + 4 pores; side of head below and behind eye covered with scales.

Greenish, mottled with red-brown and translucent orange, and with scattered red spots.

Reaches 9.4 cm.

Lives in shallow seagrass beds, and beds of macroalgae.

Depth range: 0-16 m.

North Carolina to Brazil; the E Atlantic.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore
Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Soft bottom only
Submerged vegetation
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data

Diet

Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Mobile benthic worms

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

All species
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)

Regional Endemism

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

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

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

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

9.4

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

16

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

Thu 02nd Nov, 2023 11:41 pm

Species - Doratonotus megalepis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore

Inshore Only

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

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

Soft bottom only

Submerged vegetation

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Diet

Data

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Mobile benthic worms

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

All species

Greater Caribbean non-endemic

Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)

Regional Endemism

Also in Brazil

Extends South of GC

Continent

Continent + Island (s)

GC non-endemic

Island (s)

All species

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

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

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

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

9.4

Depth

Depth Range Min

0

Depth Range Max

16

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 :

378

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

7,410,384 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

18.6411,-75.7272

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