Species: Bembrops anatirostris, Duckbill flathead, Longnose duckbill
D1: front 2 membranes black, 2nd spine filamentous in male
D2 outer 1/2 dark, all rays pigmented
A outer 1/2+ black, base - male grey, female clear
top jaw tentacle: long, thin
Bembrops anatirostris Ginsburg, 1955
Duckbill flathead, Longnose duckbill
Head depressed; snout long (>eye); eye large, above, close-set; lower jaw strongly projecting, often with lower teeth exposed; rear of top jawbone with a long, thin rear tentacle (5.1 (3.3-7.1)% SL); jaw teeth simple; teeth present on center and sides of roof of mouth; gill rakers 20 (18-22); 2 diverging spines at top of operculum, a 3rd at lower corner, with an elongate flap behind it, preoperculum with 2 broad spines at its angle; two dorsal fins, VI (front spines crowded), 2nd spine filamentous in male + 15 (rarely 14); anal fin 0, 18 (17-19); pectoral fin long and wide, 27 (25-29) rays; pelvic fins I, 5, under operculum, wide between those fins; tail fin straight, with 10-11 branched rays; scales rough on head and body; lateral line arched at front; a spine at front of lateral line, a prominent keel on first few lateral line scales; lateral line 62-64 (58-69) scales; scales absent from top surface of eye.
Grey- green above, white below, breast silver; 2 alternating rows of 10 irregular dark grey-brown spots along flank, upper body with scattered yellowish spots; 1st dorsal with 1st 2 membranes black & filamentous spine of male black), rest of fin clear; 2nd dorsal outer ½ dark, inner ½ clear; outer ½-2/3 of anal fin black, inner ½ clear in female, dusky in male; tail grey; pectoral rays dusky, dark blotch on base rays 2-3; pelvics dusky on rear ½.
Reaches 35 cm.
On the bottom.
Depth range: 82-1170 m, usually well below 100 m.
E Florida to Suriname.
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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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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- 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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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 82
- Depth Range Max
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- 1170
