Striped searobin
Prionotus evolans
Information and species illustrations courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Species Information
Size
Maximum size to 45 cm with all tackle record weight of 1.55 kg.
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Diagnostic characters
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Habitat, biology, and fisheries
Depth range 9 to 146 m, usually 18 to 64 m. Commercial bycatch and considered a gamefish and fished recreationally.
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Distribution
From Nova Scotia south to northern Florida, rare north of Cape Cod. Possibly Little Bahama Bank. |
Citations
Carpenter, K.E. (ed)
The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, molluscs, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras.
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5.
Rome, FAO. 2002. pp. 1-600.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed)
The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae).
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5.
Rome, FAO. 2002. pp. 601-1374.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed)
The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals.
FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5.
Rome, FAO. 2002. pp. 1375-2127.
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