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Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Front half of body darker than rear. Soft dorsal and anal fins have dense scales on bases of interradial membranes (Ref. 26938). Fins dusky, anal and pelvic fins darkest; peritoneum not black; young with two black stripes and a black spot at base of caudal fin (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

  • Black margate , English , Bahamas
  • Black margate , English , Puerto Rico
  • Black margate , English , Neth Antilles
  • Black margate , English , Global
  • Black margate , English , Belize
  • Black margate , English , Martinique
  • Black margate , English , Jamaica
  • Black margate , English , Haiti
  • Black margate , English , Cuba
  • Black margate , English , Dominica
  • Black margate , English , Guadeloupe
  • Black margate , English , USA
  • Black margate , English , Uruguay
  • Black thicklip , English , Jamaica
  • Lippe , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Lippe , English , Haiti
  • Mexican bull , English , Cuba
  • Pompon , English , Barbados
  • Spanish grunt , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Thicklip grunt , English , Jamaica
  • Surinami vöötkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lippu croupia , French , France
  • Lippu croupia , French , Global
  • Pompon , French , Guadeloupe
  • Pompon , French , Martinique
  • Pompon , French , Cuba
  • Atsukuchi-isaki , Japanese , Japan
  • 黑异孔石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑異孔石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Djogo , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Djogora , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Djogoro , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Luszczyk surinamski , Polish , Poland
  • Pirambu , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Salema-açu , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Salgo , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil
  • Beiçudo , Portuguese (Celtic) , Brazil
  • Sargo , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil
  • Sargo-beiçudo , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil
  • Sargo-de-beiço , Portuguese (Greek) , Brazil
  • Zumbi , Portuguese (Kimbundu (African)) , Brazil
  • Salema , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Burriquete , Spanish , Mexico
  • Burrito , Spanish , Colombia
  • Burro pompón , Spanish , Spain
  • Burro pompón , Spanish , Colombia
  • Cabomartin , Spanish , Colombia
  • Chopa , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Coroncoro , Spanish , Colombia
  • Pez burro , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Pompón , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ronco , Spanish , Colombia
  • Torot , Spanish , Trinidad Tobago
  • Towat , Spanish , Trinidad Tobago
  • Vieja , Spanish , Puerto Rico
  • Vieja , Spanish , Dominican Rp
  • Viejo , Spanish , Trinidad Tobago
  • Corrocona , Wayuu , Colombia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Haemulidae

    Genus: Anisotremus

    Species: Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and the Bahamas through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Brazil.

    • Biology

    Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Inhabits larger patch reefs and quickly sloping rocky bottoms. Often near the shelter of caves, ledges, or wrecks (Ref. 9710). Feeds at night on crustaceans, mollusks, smaller fish, and the long-spined urchin, Diadema. Marketed fresh.

    Habitat

    associated