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McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-3067-51523 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2009-08-06 2009-08-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Opbet_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Opbet_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-03-31 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 Commonly found in seagrass beds and rocky cuts in coastal bays and lagoons, and in shallows along open coast. In western coast of Florida, adults spawn in February and March (Ref. 26938). Nesting males produce grunt calls called the boatwhistle as advertisement of competition among males and to attract females (Ref. 45338). Neither opercular nor dorsal gland is venomous (Ref. 57406). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-DiagnosticDescr-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-01-25 00:00:00 2001-01-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dark brown bars on caudal and pectoral fins; bars on pectoral fin irregularly joined (Ref. 26938). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Little Bahama Bank (Bahamas) and the entire Gulf of Mexico to Campeche, Mexico (Ref. 7251). Range extended to Brazil (Ref. 94035). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-TrophicStrategy-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2004-01-16 00:00:00 2008-03-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public beta http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Commonly found in seagrass beds and rocky cuts in coastal bays and lagoons, and in shallows along open coast. Yáñes-Arancibia, A., A.L. Lara-Domínguez and J.W. Day Jr. 1993 Interactions between mangrove and seagrass habitats mediated by estuarine nekton assemblages: coupling of primary and secondary production. Hydrobiologia 264:1-12. (Ref. 42268) FB-Size-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-03-31 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 33.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 85752)) Malca, E., J.F. Barimo, J.E. Serafy and P.J. Walsh 2009 Age and growth of the gulf toadfish <i>Opsanus beta</i> based on otolith increment analysis. J. Fish Biol. 75(8):1750-1761. (Ref. 85752) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-3067 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2023-03-31 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3067 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; marine