Gonioplectrus hispanus
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Gonioplectrus hispanus is a member of the groupers (Epinephelidae). Because of its yellow-orange vertical stripes it is called "Spanish flag" in English. Gonioplectrus hispanus is the only species in the genus Gonioplectrus .
distribution
The fish live in the tropical, western Atlantic , from Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil , in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico . Post larvae still living pelagic juvenile fish stages, which may have been drifted by the Gulf Stream , were also found further north, for example on the coast of North Carolina . Gonioplectrus hispanus lives over rocky biotopes at depths of 35 to more than 300 meters.
features
Gonioplectrus hispanus becomes 30 centimeters long.
- Fin formula : dorsal VIII / 13, anal III / 7.
Little is known about it because of its deep habitat. He is a loner who lives in rocky habitats.
source
- Gonioplectrus hispanus on Fishbase.org (English)
Web link
- Gonioplectrus hispanus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: To, AWL, Rocha, L., Sadovy, Y., Choat, JH, Ferreira, BP, Bertoncini, A. & Craig, M., 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2014.