Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Number of lateral plicae 106-126, with a mean of 117.4. Best separated from A. dubius by the number of plicae singly or in combination with the number of vertebrae.
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52 - 61; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 26 - 33; Vertebrae: 62 - 70
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Feeds on copepods, mysids, cumaceans, amphipods, snails, small clams, isopods, small crabs and polychaete worms. Preyed upon by Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock, plaice and yellowtail flounder (Ref. 5951).
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Found in shallow coastal waters as well as in protected bays and estuaries (Ref. 10198). Occurs in large schools and burrows in the sand at times to a depth of several inches. Feeds primarily on copepods (Ref. 27549).
Importance
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
fisheries: of potential interest
