Description
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Usually found at or near the surface, over reefs or sometimes far offshore. Schools from the surface to depths of at least 150 m in clear offshore waters, but occasionally enters deep clear lagoons or seaward reefs as shallow as 3 m. Feeds on invertebrates, small fishes and squid. Good food fish (Ref. 9626) and is marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref. 9283); also frozen and used for sashimi (Ref. 9987).
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- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
Distribution
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Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil.
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- contributor
- Mary Kennedy [email]
Habitat
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nektonic
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- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- contributor
- Mary Kennedy [email]
Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
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- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- contributor
- [email]
