Species: Leurochilus acon, Smoothlip stargazer
eyes not stalked
Leurochilus acon Böhlke, 1968
Smoothlip stargazer
Head moderate sized, conical; eyes on top of head, not on stalks, without cirri or papillae; tubular nostrils; mouth upturned, with a protruding lower jaw; no skin flaps on top or bottom lips; top corner of operculum with a broad flap with a few short points on its edge; dorsal fin X-XIV, 12-15, in 3 sections, 1st section a finlet of III spines on nape, then main fin, with a deep notch between spines and rays; pelvic fins inserted under throat, each with I, 3, rays thickened and free at the tips; scales large, smooth; head, nape, throat and underbelly scaleless; front arched section of lateral line short, (14-17 scales), bends down under middle of spiny section of dorsal fin, and under outer half of pressed-down pectoral fin; 19-22 scales on straight part.
Pale, sometimes with indistinct brown bars.
Reaches 3.6 cm.
Sand areas mixed with rock and rubble.
Depth range: 0-8 m.
The Bahamas to the SW Caribbean.
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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
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 8
- Length Max
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- 3.6
