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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Fri 01st Dec, 2023 09:18 am

Species - Gymnothorax polygonius
Habitat
Salinity
 
Marine
Marine Only
Inshore/Offshore
 
Inshore
Inshore Only
Water Column Position
 
Bottom
Bottom only
Habitat
 
Rocks
Sand & gravel
Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Mud
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef and soft bottom
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
FishBase Habitat
 
Demersal
Reef Associated
Feeding
Feeding Group
 
Carnivore
Data
Diet
 
Data
Bony fishes
Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
Reproduction
Egg Type
 
Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva
Zoogeography
Global Endemism
 
All species
Greater Caribbean non-endemic
Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)
Regional Endemism
 
Also in Brazil
Continent
Continent + Island (s)
Extends N + S of GC
Extends North of GC
Extends South of GC
GC non-endemic
Island (s)
All species
Residency
 
Resident
Climate Zone
 
Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
Conservation status
IUCN Red List
 
Least concern
Listed
CITES
 
Not listed
Size
Length Max
 
84
Depth
Depth Range Min
 
90
Depth Range Max
 
354

Range
Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites
Based on paint data
Latitude Limit N
Latitude Limit S
Longitude Limit W
Longitude Limit E
Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)0
Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)0
Range Midpoint (lat/long)0, 0
Range Polygon Area: Km2 0 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)-1, -1
Based on point data
Sampling-Point Count :30
Range Polygon Area: Km2:6,838,988 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):21.8358,-77.9674
Points
#LatLong
111.3852-74.201
211.8204-66.7468
311.87-66.74
412.11-69
512.2068-68.8642
617.4566-63.7266
717.578-63.5181
817.7885-65.909
917.9409-66.6306
1018.067-67.45
1118.2-67.367
1218.2054-67.2223
1318.347-65.475
1418.367-67.2705
1518.433-67.183
1618.4931-66.1154
1718.517-66.2
1820.7167-92.4167
1923.1415-82.3442
2023.1447-82.4356
2123.1573-82.3711
2223.1914-82.4605
2325.45-78.17
2425.6859-79.3832
2525.7446-79.3037
2630.0559-80.2776
2730.5932-80.1535
2832.2-64.6
2932.2424-64.9212
3032.2864-64.9106