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| Species: | S. caribbaea |
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| Saurida caribbaea Breder, 1927 | |
The smallscale lizardfish(Saurida caribbaea) is a species of lizardfish that lives mainly in the Western Atlantic.
The Smallscale lizardfish is known to live in a marine environment within a demersal range of about 6 – 460 meters. This species is most commonly found within the range of about 20 – 215 meters. The Smallscale lizardfish is native to a tropical climate. The average length of the Smallscale lizardfish as an unsexed male is about 18 centimeters or about 7.08 inches. [1] This species is recorded to be found in the areas of Western Atlantic, northeastern Florida, USA, northern Gulf of Mexico, Guianas, western Bahamas, Cuba, and Uruguay. [2]
The common names of the Saurida caribbaea are as follows:
Body slender, elongate, cylindrical; head pointed, eye large; snout about as long as eye; mouth large, slightly oblique, at front, lower jaw longer than upper jaw, visible from above when mouth is closed;many rows fine pointed teeth on jaws, tongue and (in 2 bands) on side of roof of mouth; fins without spines; one dorsal fin in mid-body, with a small skin-flap fin behind it above anal fin; pelvics on abdomen behind pectoral base, with 9 rays, inner rays about same length as outer rays; pectoral fin17.5-20% of SL, reaches well past origin of pelvics; scales smooth; lateral line straight, along entire body; tail fin with scales on bases of main rays but not on short rays on top and bottom of fin base; 51-60 lateral line scales; 4 rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 18-21 scales before dorsal fin.
Light brown above, yellowish below; back with dark blotches (not in form of saddles), irregular brown spots along and above lateral line; dorsal fin dusky with dark margin=
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Saurida caribbaea mainly feeds on bony fish and mobile benthic crustaceans (shrimps/crabs)