Diagnostic Description
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Snout short, blunt. Scales fairly large, covered with slender conical spinules in quincunx order. Snout with black margins along its leading edge, supranarial ridges, median nasal ridge, and dorsally on suborbital. Gums of lower jaw blackish; first dorsal fin uniformly blackish to dusky.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
Biology
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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Distribution
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Western Atlantic: off North Carolina and Atlantic coast of Florida; Caribbean Sea
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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