Diagnostic Description
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Tip of snout projecting beyond upper jaw (Ref. 13608). Body elongate. Head blunt and rounded. Head and body bluish gray (Ref. 37108). Body with metallic blue shin above, silvery below (Ref. 7251).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 32; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 15; Vertebrae: 29 - 30
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds mainly on small demersal fishes such as Bregmaceros atlanticus and benthic decapod crustaceans (Ref. 54164).
Biology
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Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217).
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: unknown; price reliability:
Distribution
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Western Atlantic: Grand Bank and northern Gulf of Mexico to the Antilles and French Guiana
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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Found on soft bottoms.
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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