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Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 37; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 30 - 35. Body orange red, 3 dark red bands on eye, mid-body and caudal peduncle (Ref. 13608). Mouth oblique; longest dorsal spine about 1/4 of SL (Ref. 559).

Common Names

  • Pim-pim , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Dyb havgalt , Danish , Denmark
  • Boarfish , English , Sierra Leone
  • Boarfish , English , Cuba
  • Boarfish , English , Uruguay
  • Deep-bodied boarfish , English , Azores Is.
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , Australia
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , Easter I.
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , St Helena
  • Deepbody Boarfish , English , Cuba
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , France
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , Malaysia
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , Viet Nam
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , UK
  • Deepbody boarfish , English , USA
  • Robust deepsea boarfish , English , Australia
  • Kõrge antigonia , Estonian , Estonia
  • Poison sanglier , French , French Polynesia
  • Sanglier à corps élevé , French , France
  • Sanglier chevrette , French , France
  • Sanglier chevrette , French , Global
  • Sanglier chevrette , French , France
  • Senbei fish , Hawaiian , Hawaii
  • Hishidai , Japanese , Japan
  • 병치돔 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • Deman emas , Malay , Malaysia
  • 斯氏菱鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斯氏菱鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 高菱鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 高菱鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 高菱鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Advim , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Periquito , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Pimpim , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Tem-te-em-pé , Portuguese , Cape Verde
  • Galo-do-fundo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • антигония , Russian , Russia
  • рыба-пятак , Russian , Russia
  • Elevado , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ochavo , Spanish , Spain
  • Verraco alto , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cá Thoi , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Acanthuriformes

    Family: Antigoniidae

    Genus: Antigonia

    Species: Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Worldwide in subtropical and tropical oceans. Eastern Atlantic: France to Namibia, including Azores and Madeira. Western Atlantic: southern New England, USA and Gulf of Mexico to [Brazil according to Ref. 7251] Uruguay (Ref. 47377). Pacific Ocean: Hawaii (Ref. 7490), Japan (Ref. 559) and Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546).

    • Biology

    Adults are found close to bottom while juveniles occur in mid water (Ref. 4952). Feed on small mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 5288). Not regularly marketed (Ref. 5217).

    Habitat

    demersal