Synagrops spinosus Schultz, 1940
Keelcheek bass
Synagrops spinosus
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

 Family:  Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies, temperate ocean-basses)
 Max. size:  13 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 87 - 544 m
 Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) North Carolina, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Uruguay (Ref. 47377) and Brazil (ISH specimens). Western Pacific: Japan and near Hainan, China (Ref. 9626).
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 25-25. Anterior edges of pelvic spine, and 2nd spines of 1st dorsal and of anal fin serrated, but that of 2nd dorsal smooth (Ref. 13608).
 Biology:  Inhabits outer parts of the continental shelves and the upper parts of these slopes (Ref. 37343).
 IUCN Red List Status:   (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Garilao, Cristina V. - 31.07.95
 Modified by: Heskamp, Monika - 13.01.16

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