Species: Ophioscion gomezi, Longspine croaker
pale body & fins
preopercle 12 spines
LL 50-51
Ophioscion gomezi Cervigón, 2011
Longspine croaker
Body oblong, robust, with humped back, maximum body depth 27.6 -31% (usually <30%) of SL; head low and short, cavernous but firm to touch on top; distance between eyes 7.3-7.5% SL; snout overhangs small, horizontal mouth; teeth on lower jaw simple, in bands; chin without barbell; preopercle with 12 spines, the largest at the angle; gill rakers 6-8 + 11-13, slender; top corner of gill opening notched; dorsal rays IX-X + I, 22-24; anal rays II, 7 (6-7), 2nd spine stout and long, =/> 1st ray; pectoral fin 21.5-24% SL; tail fin long, bluntly pointed; scales on body and all or most of head rough; soft dorsal and anal fins with 1-2 rows of scales along their bases and small scales on membranes for 3/4 distance from base; the lateral line extends to the center of the end of the tail fin. lateral line pores 50 (50-51)
Silvery grey body and fins; pectoral and pelvics with a yellow wash; inside gill chamber blackish
Size: grows to 18 cm.
Inhabits coastal waters on sandy mud bottoms.
Depth: 1-50 m.
SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 18
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
