Kevin Bryant, USA
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(Ranzani, 1842)
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea.
Found in shallow water and around coral and rocky reefs.
Feeds on bottom growth, primarily sponge and algae, but stomach often contain tunicates, bryozoans and other sessile benthic invertebrates.
The young are pelagic and highly important food items in the diet of large predaceous fishes such as tunas and billfishes.
Reports of ciguatera poisoning
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southeastern Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea.
Found in shallow water and around coral and rocky reefs.
Feeds on bottom growth, primarily sponge and algae, but stomach often contain tunicates, bryozoans and other sessile benthic invertebrates.
The young are pelagic and highly important food items in the diet of large predaceous fishes such as tunas and billfishes.
Reports of ciguatera poisoning
