Species: Bellator farrago, Medley searobin
D1 1st spine short
preoperculum - 1 rear spine
pectoral short, red + center rays black
D1 red; D2 red + yellow blotches
Bellator farrago Richards & McCosker, 1998
Medley searobin
A large, squarish, bony head that has many ridges and spines; snout plates prolonged, forming a "scalloped" shovel-shaped extension on each side of snout tip; preopercular crest with one large rear spine, occasionally a small supplementary spine; opercular spine short; spine above base of pectoral fin short; 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, 1st spine serrated at front, shorter than second; anal rays 11; pectoral fins short, reaching past origin of anal fin, 12-13 rays, plus 2-3 enlarged, free rays at bottom of fin that are detached from main fin; body with rough scales; breast without scales, belly scaled; pored lateral-line scales 50-52.
Upper ¾ of head and body bright red, white below; two darker red saddles below each dorsal fin; top of head with small, irregular yellowish spots; dorsal fins red, with scattered yellow blotches on 2nd dorsal, blackish membrane margins; underside of tail base black; tail fin red, central rays yellow, front of lower margin black; anal fin red; pectoral fin red, with central rays blackish from base to fin edge.
Size: reaches at least 13.2 cm.
Inhabits sand-mud bottoms.
Depth: 400-465 m.
The Galapagos & Cocos Island.
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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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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s) only
- Multiple oceanic islands endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 400
- Depth Range Max
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- 465
