Trophic Strategy
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Blacktail comber is a serranid fish that lives on rocky bottoms, from the shallow subtidal down to about 90 m depth. This species is a hermaphrodite, which in the Azores matures at about 250 mm total length and spawns from July to September (Lourinho, 1998). Maturation length corresponds to about 4 years of age (Costa, 1997).
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- Lilibeth Miranda
Biology
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Found over hard bottom. Carnivorous (Ref. 2739). Minimum depth range from Ref. 121774.
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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