Diagnostic Description
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Scales present on the dorsal surface of the head and one lateral line scale for each myotome. Grayish white with a dark brown checkerboard or net like pattern formed by dark spots on each scale pocket (Ref. 37108).
- Recorder
- Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes
Trophic Strategy
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Inhabits bathyal depths. Feeds on small crustaceans, annelids, mollusks and echinoderms.
- Recorder
- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Inhabits bathyal depths. Feeds on small crustaceans, annelids, mollusks and echinoderms (Ref. 4448).
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Distribution
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Western Atlantic: New York, USA to Venezuela, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean. Reported off the Guianas
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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nektonic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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