Species: Hollardia meadi, Spotted spikefish
D origin behind pectoral base
Hollardia meadi Tyler, 1966
Spotted spikefish
Body deep, slightly compressed; mouth small, opens at front; teeth conical, 1 series on each jaw; top teeth 11.5 (10-13), bottom teeth 15 (12-18); gill opening a short vertical slit before pectoral base; gill rakers 15 (13-17); dorsal fin origin usually behind top corner of gill opening; VI dorsal spines, the first long and strong, decreasing in size to rear, spines can be locked upright, 16 (15-16) soft rays; pectoral 16 (16-17) rays; anal fin 15 (14-16); fin rays branched; pelvic fin with a large spine and 1 inconspicuous ray; ventral surface of scale-covered part of pelvis rounded; pelvis relatively narrow (its width between the pelvic spines about 14-16% of its length); bases of unerected pelvic spines in close contact; skin thick, rough, covered with numerous small scales, each with tiny spines.
Pale pinkish, body with dark spots (those on upper body in several ~horizontal rows), and 2 yellow stripes (1 from top of eye to end of dorsal fin base, 1 from eye to near front of anal fin base); a row of elongate dark spots from eye to over pectoral base, may form an interrupted line; lining of gut cavity pale to silvery white; gill chamber pale, with sparse, irregular dark patches.
Reaches 10 cm.
Demersal on rocky bottoms.
Depth range: 54-900 m.
The Bahamas to the SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- All species..
- GC endemic
- Insular primarily
- Island (s)
- 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
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 54
- Depth Range Max
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- 900
