Species: Prionotus horrens, Bristly searobin
large eye
short snout plates
flank: scales smooth
Prionotus horrens Richardson, 1844
Bristly searobin
Head deep; eye large; wide between eyes; projecting snout plates short; no transverse groove across top of head behind eyes; bony ridge under eye with 2 spines at rear; teeth on jaws and roof of mouth simple; two separate dorsal fins, X + 10-12; anal fin with 9 rays; pectoral fins relatively short, barely reaching under origin of 2nd dorsal, rear margin convex, 13-14 rays, with 2-3 enlarged free rays at bottom of fin; body with rough scales; flank scales smooth; rear flap of operculum with scales; nape scaled; lateral-line scales 93-105.
Head and body grey brown to red brown; 1st dorsal with black front 1/2, pale rear 1/2; a dark bar down rear of 2nd dorsal fin continuing down body; a broad brown band below eye to lower cheek behind mouth; pectoral fin blackish with large clear patch on outer half; tail fin with large dark spots basally and blackish longitudinal streaks on outer half forming three irregular bars.
Size: reaches 35 cm.
Habitat: trawled on mud-sand.
Depth: 7-105 m.
Southern Baja and the SW and eastern Gulf of California to Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic crustacea
- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 7
- Depth Range Max
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- 105
