Diagnostic Description
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Reddish pink in color, silvery below (Ref. 5382). Body compressed, without scales. Mouth is placed at the end of the long tubular snout (Ref. 35388). Snout length (6.1cm), length of second dorsal spine (LDS 3.9 cm) (Ref. 39875).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 18 - 20; Vertebrae: 24
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found on the continental shelf and continental slope (Ref. 75154). Lives in sandy or muddy places 20 to 150 m depth (Ref. 9137). Schooling species (Ref. 75154).
Biology
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Found between the seabed and midwater on the lower continental shelf, over sand. Juveniles found in oceanic surface waters (Ref. 2683); adults normally live close to the bottom (normally in 50-350 m depth (Ref. 47377)). Gregarious. Juveniles feed mainly on pelagic invertebrates, mainly copepods, while adults feed on bottom invertebrates (Ref. 6732). Seems to be sympatric with Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839) all around the world (Ref. 89357).
- Recorder
- Christine Papasissi
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
- Recorder
- Christine Papasissi