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Ariomma regulus (Poey, 1868)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Caudal peduncle slender, square in cross section, with 2 fleshy keels along each side (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Spotted driftfish , English , Bahamas
  • Spotted Driftfish , English , Cuba
  • Spotted driftfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Spotted driftfish , English , USA
  • Spotted driftfish , English , Global
  • Ariomme pintade , French , France
  • Hoshi-oomemedai , Japanese , Japan
  • 斑点无齿鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 斑點無齒鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 点纹玉鲳 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 點紋玉鯧 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Arioma pintada , Spanish , Spain
  • Pastorcillo aquillado , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pastorcillo aquillado , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Scombriformes

    Family: Ariommatidae

    Genus: Ariomma

    Species: Ariomma regulus (Poey, 1868)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico through the Antilles (Ref. 13628) to the Guianas.

    • Biology

    Adults caught in shrimp grounds and deeper shelf areas, but occurrence is sporadic. Juveniles inhabit offshore surface waters, especially around floating weeds. Adults may be restricted to continental margins of the western Atlantic with juveniles found in the Caribbean expatriated from these populations (Ref. 51183). Feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans. An excellent food fish (Ref. 26938).

    Habitat

    demersal