Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 11. Body bright red, unstriped, darker above, with a dark, brownish red are below soft dorsal fin. Preopercle with large spine at angle and smaller stout spines below. Three large, backward-projecting spines below each eye (Ref. 7251).

Common Names

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Red Roman , English , St Helena

Spinycheek Soldierfish , English , Cuba

Spinycheek soldierfish , English , Puerto Rico

Spinycheek soldierfish , English , USA

Yasuri-ebisu , Japanese , Japan

棘盖锯鳞鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

棘蓋鋸鱗魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Mariquita-vovó , Portuguese , Brazil

Olho-de-vidro , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Talhão , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Vovó , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Candil espinoso , Spanish , Cuba

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Holocentriformes

Family: Holocentridae

Genus: Corniger

Species: Corniger spinosus Agassiz, 1831

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: South Carolina, USA to Cuba and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena (Ref. 5288). Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands (Ref. 94080).

Biology

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Inhabits deep rocky slopes (Ref. 7251) and reefs (Ref. 51183).

Habitat

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demersal

Conservation Status

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Least Concern

Threat to Humans

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Harmless