Diagnostic Description
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Pectorals and pelvic fins small (Ref. 6885). Dark brown, paler at base of tail and on head, otherwise almost uniform throughout (Ref. 6885).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Migration
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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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- Christine Papasissi
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 52
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Oceanic, usually near surface; possibly near bottom. Perhaps occurs in schools. Young usually among jellyfishes or inside large salps. Feeds on jellyfishes and salps (Ref. 2850), other soft-bodied coelenterates, ctenophores, as well as plankton. Also feeds on pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 58748).
Biology
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Oceanic, usually near surface; possibly near bottom. Perhaps occurs in schools. Young usually among jellyfishes or inside large salps. Feeds on jellyfishes and salps (Ref. 2850), also other soft-bodied coelenterates, ctenophores, as well as plankton. There are conflicting reports that the flesh of this species is poisonous (Ref. 11149).
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- Christine Papasissi
Smalleye squaretail
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The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m. Its length is 20 to 70 cm.[2]
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Smalleye squaretail: Brief Summary
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The smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri, is a squaretail of the genus Tetragonurus found in all tropical and temperate oceans of the world, at depths up to 800 m. Its length is 20 to 70 cm.
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Diet
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Feeds on jellyfishes and salps, also other soft-bodied coelenterates, ctenophores, as well as plankton
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Distribution
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Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean
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Habitat
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nektonic
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Habitat
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oceanic, usually near surface; possibly near bottom. Perhaps occurs in schools. Young usually among jellyfishes or inside large salps
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