Diagnostic Description
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Dark brownish grey in color, silvery below; black blotch on distal part of anterior dorsal rays (Ref. 6624). Snout blunt, rounded, adipose. Hyoid barbels present (Ref. 37108).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34 - 37; Analspines: 4; Analsoft rays: 15 - 16; Vertebrae: 29
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Found on semi-hard and soft bottoms on the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 7412).
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- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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Found on semi-hard and soft bottoms on the continental shelf and slope. Marketed fresh and frozen.
Importance
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fisheries: commercial
Polymixia nobilis
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Polymixia nobilis, the stout beardfish, is a species of beardfish. This species can grow over 48 centimetres (19 in) TL.[2] The species' dorsal fin has five spines and 34-27 soft rays and 10-13 gill rakers.[3] The habitat of the fish is in the benthic zone.[4]
Habitat
P. nobilis lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and range from Bermuda to Guyana. gravel and sandy bottoms, preferring soft bottoms and reefs. These bottom feeders live at a depth of 70-800 meters in-shore.[5] These fish contain separate species in the East Atlantic from the West Atlantic Ocean and Bermuda population.[4]
Feeding
These broadfish are carnivores that consume bony fish, octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.[5]
Reproduction
P. nobilis lays eggs that develop into pelagic larva.[5]
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Polymixia nobilis: Brief Summary
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Polymixia nobilis, the stout beardfish, is a species of beardfish. This species can grow over 48 centimetres (19 in) TL. The species' dorsal fin has five spines and 34-27 soft rays and 10-13 gill rakers. The habitat of the fish is in the benthic zone.
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Distribution
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Western Atlantic: West Indies, Saba Bank, Leeward Islands, off northern coast of Cuba and west of the Bahamas; reported to occur in the northern coast of South America, as far north as 43.67°N
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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Found on semi-hard and soft bottoms on the continental shelf and slope.
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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