Species: Symphysanodon octoactinus, Insular bunquelovely
Symphysanodon octoactinus Anderson, 1970
Insular bunquelovely
Body an elongate oval (depth 32-36% SL), somewhat compressed; eye large; snout shorter than eye; mouth oblique, opens at front; top edge of rear bone of top jaw covered by thin bone under eye; top jaw teeth small; front teeth of lower jaw enlarged, exposed, fitting into central toothless notch of top jaws; operculum with 2 spines; gill rakers 38-42; dorsal fin continuous, usually IX, 10, no notch between spines and rays; tail fin deeply forked, each lobe pointed; anal fin III, 8 (occasionally 7); pelvics inserted under pectoral base, I,5; scales rough; most of head & jaws scaled; dorsal and anal fins without scales, but with a basal scaly sheath; lateral line scales 45-48.
Head and body pale orange red; iris yellow; a faint purplish stripe from top corner of operculum back along mid-side; dorsal, anal and pelvic fins translucent whitish yellow, with narrowly pinkish-white outer edges; tail fin translucent yellow. Juvenile: head, body and fins pale yellow; edges to dorsal, anal and pelvic fins broadly white.
Reaches 16.5 cm.
Bottom living on deep reefs.
Depth range: 130-640m.
The Bahamas to the southern 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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- Mid Water
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species..
- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 16.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 130
- Depth Range Max
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- 640
