Lantern bass
📖 Overview
Inhabits rocky and weedy areas. Synchronously hermaphroditic. Feeds on caridean shrimp and small fish .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13. Lower side has4 square black blotches, each with red bar (yellowish in deep water) below it.: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Lantern bass is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Lantern bass is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Pelagic spawner. This species exhibits a combination of simultaneous and sequential hermaphroditism. Smaller individuals within a social group are simultaneous hermaphrodites, while the largest often lose female function and reproduce exclusively as a male .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 80 m . Tropical; 33°N - 36°S, 99°W - 28°W
🌿 Ecology
caridean shrimp and small fish (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🍽️ Edibility & Flavour
"Lantern bass is an edible species."
- Clear, bright eyes — cloudy eyes indicate age
- Firm flesh that springs back when pressed
- Fresh ocean smell, never strong or ammonia-like
- Bright red or pink gills, not grey or brown
- Shiny, moist skin with scales tightly attached
- Cloudy or sunken eyes
- Strong fishy or ammonia odour
- Soft, mushy flesh that doesn't spring back
- Discoloured or dry flesh
⚡ Nutrition
Per 100g cooked — Source: USDA FoodData Central
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Protein | 18.5 g |
| Omega-3 (total) | 202 mg |
🔬 Mercury Safety
Mercury data for Lantern bass has not yet been assigned. Please consult FDA/EPA guidance for general seafood safety advice.
🌿 Sustainability
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Baldwin's Serranid · Lantern Bass |
| 🏳️Catalan | Serrà llanterna |
| 🌍CES | kanic Baldwinův |
| 🌍EST | Baldwini kiviahven |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Lyhtymeriahven |
| 🇫🇷French | Serran lanterne |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Badejinho-lanterna · Garoupinha · Garoupinha-pintada · Mariquita-pintada · Mero · Roughneck grunt |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Guatacare Cola Pintada · Serrano · serrano linterna |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 鮑得溫氏鮨 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 8 records indexed .
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