Diplectrum formosum

Author
Linnaeus, 1766
Common Names
  • Sand Perch

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
110 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Virginia to southern Brazil, Cuba
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • coral reef
References

  • Bortone, S. A. 1977. Revision of the sea basses of the genus Diplectrum (Pisces: Serranidae). NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 404: 1–49.

  • Bullock, L. H., and G. B. Smith. 1991. Seabassess (Pisces: Serranidae). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, Florida Marine Research Institute, Department of Natural Resources 8(2): 1–243.

  • Heemstra. P. C. 2002g. Serranidae. Pp.1308–1329, 1334–1349, 1353–1363 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 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. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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