Chub

grey with longitudinal brassy stripes on body and 2 brassy horizontal bands on head. Opercular membrane slightly pigmented. Each jaw with a regular row of close-set, strong, incisor-like, round-tipped teeth of a peculiar hockey-stick shape, their bases set horizontally, resembling a radially striated bony plate inside mouth (Ref 52729).

Oviparous (Ref. 101771).

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13

Omnivorous pelagic juveniles, specialized herbivorous adults. Juveniles dwell in surface offshore waters while adults dwell among algal beds in coastal waters (Ref. 127989).

Inhabits shallow waters, especially over rocky bottoms in coral reef areas; also among floating Sargassum weeds (Ref. 3725). Feeds on algae including much Sargassum (Ref. 5521). Marketed fresh (Ref. 3725).

fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus

Western Atlantic: from Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA) to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Sao Tiago Island (Cape Verde Islands) and Angola

benthic