Species: Bathyanthias cubensis, Cuban bass
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Bathyanthias cubensis Schultz 1958
Cuban bass
Body moderately elongate and compressed; head pointed, curved upper profile; eye moderate; front nostrils distinctly tubular, nearer lip than are rear nostrils; mouth moderately large, slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, corner with weakly developed hook; rear edge of preopercle serrated; no prominent spines on opercle; 20-21 gill rakers; dorsal fin VIII, 13, weakly notched between spiny and soft parts; anal fin III, 8; pectoral fin 15; anus near origin of anal fin; tail slightly forked; lateral line in a broad arch to tail base, 43 pored scales.
Preserved fish: straw colored; tips of tail black.
Reaches. ~9.5 cm
Trawled on soft bottoms.
Depth range: 66-411 m.
The Gulf of Mexico to the southern Caribbean
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- In & Offshore
- Offshore
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- 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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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 66
- Depth Range Max
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- 411
