Species: Promethichthys prometheus, Roudi escolar
long head; large eye
D & A 2 finlets behind
Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832)
Roudi escolar
Moderately elongate, compressed; head long, pointed, top profile straight; eye large, round; mouth large, horizontal, opens at front, lower jaw slightly projecting; teeth large, conical, large fangs at front top jaw; dorsal fin with long base, XVII-XVIII, a deep notch between 2 parts, 2 finlets after; anal II without free spines at front, 2 finlets at end; pelvics absent in adults, a single tiny spine in juveniles; tail forked; 1 lateral line, abruptly bends down above rear part of pectoral fin; large fish with body entirely scaled.
Grey to coppery brown; fins blackish in large fish, yellowish with black tips in small fish.
Reaches 114 cm.
Near bottom on the continental slope around islands and seamounts.
Depth range: 80-807 m.
Tropical and subtropical in all oceans; Newfoundland to S 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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- Mid Water
- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- All species..
- Extends N + S of GC
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Extends North of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 114
- Depth Range Min
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- 80
- Depth Range Max
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- 807
