Species: Bellator gymnostethus, Naked-belly searobin
spine over front eye
pectoral red, dusky edge
D2 & A wide red margin
Bellator gymnostethus (Gilbert, 1892)
Naked-belly searobin
A large, squarish, bony head that has many ridges and spines; rostral plates prolonged, forming divergent lobes on each side of snout tip; preopercular crest with 2 rear spines; a spine above front of eye; narrow between eyes; mouth opens at front or slightly under snout; teeth on jaws and roof of mouth simple; two separate dorsal fins, XI + 11 first spine short, second spine the longest; anal rays 11; pectoral fins short, 23-34 percent of SL, reaching origin of anal fin, 12 rays, with 2-3 enlarged, free rays at bottom of fin; body with rough scales; rear flap of operculum without scales; nape not scaled; breast and belly entirely scaleless; pored lateral- line scales 48-52.
Upper head and body red, body may have faint darker bars on sides, lower parts white; 1st dorsal reddish, 1-2 dark red spots at middle of fin; 2nd dorsal and anal fins with broad red margin; pectoral fin red, outer edge with sooty cast; tail fin reddish, with yellowish blotch on lower half.
Size: reaches at least 15 cm.
Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms near reefs.
Depth: 30-200 m.
Southern Baja California and the central western and southeastern Gulf of California to Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 30
- Depth Range Max
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- 200
