Bermuda sea chub
📖 Overview
Inhabits shallow waters, over turtle grass, sand or rocky bottom and around coral reefs ; in mangroves . Young commonly found among floating Sargassum seaweeds . Feeds on plants, mainly on benthic algae, as well as on small crabs and mollusks . Also feeds on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic. The offal feeding may be regarded as a simple behavioral shift from plankton feeding to drifting offal picking . Marketed fresh .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11. Gray overall, with faint yellow lines on side and yellow line from corner of mouth to preopercle . Upper part pf opercular membrane blackish. The young may display pale spots nearly as large as eye on the head, body and fins . Each jaw with a regular row of close-set, strong, incisor-like, round-tipped teeth of a peculiar hockey stick-shape, their bases set horizontally, resembling a radially striated bony plate inside mouth (Ref 52729).: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bermuda sea chub is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Bermuda sea chub is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m , usually 1 - 10 m . Subtropical; 46°N - 29°S, 98°W - 16°E
🌿 Ecology
plants, mainly on benthic algae, as well as on small crabs and mollusks (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Beaked Chub · Bermuda chub · Bermuda sea chub · Black Snapper · Brim · Chub · Grey Drummer · Pacific Chub · Rudder Fish · Rudder-fish · White Chub · Rudderfish |
| 🇫🇷French | Calicagère blanche |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Pesce timone |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Skubacz bermudzki |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Preguiçosa-branca |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Chopa · Chopa blanca · Morocota |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 28 records indexed .
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