Stellifer Gomezi

📖 Overview

Stellifer Gomezi (Stellifer gomezi), first described by Cervigón, 2011 is a medium-sized fish in the family Sciaenidae (order Perciformes). Adults typically reach 17.50 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 2 to 31 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished from all its Atlantic congeners with inferior mouth by the following set of characters: ctenoid scales on top of head and with 5 mental pores, except S. punctatissimus, S. menezesi, from which it differs by the elongated body and HL greater than body depth (both have a body depth greater or equal to HL); it differs from S. menezesi by having a longer pectoral fin, its tip posterior to the tip of pelvic fin, a long and thick second anal-fin spine, reaching beyond the tip of first anal ray, snout length less than 4.0 times in HL and nostrils rounded and almost the same height (vs. anterior nostril slightly oval and forward directed, posterior nostril bean-shaped forming an angle between them in menezesi and S. punctatissimus, S. menezesi have distinctly darker pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins than S. gomezi .Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Stellifer Gomezi is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 2 - 31 m . Tropical Central Atlantic: from the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, including the Dominican Republic, to Santa Catarina, Brazil.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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