WoRMS name details
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
From other sources
Diet Adults feed on fishes, gastropods, cephalopods, and brachyuran crustaceans [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: from Massachusetts, USA to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean, and southern Brazil; also in central and south American coasts to Suriname [details]
Habitat Adults occur well offshore on rocky bottoms. Juveniles may be found inshore and are often reported from the northeastern coast of the U.S. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial fishery [details]
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