Inhabits bays and shallow coastal waters.

Gulf of Mexico

Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA through the Gulf of Mexico to the Campeche Bank region off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Single record from Cuba.

16.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251))

Holotype for Symphurus urospilus
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1940
Locality: Georgia, United States, Atlantic
Depth (m): 22
Vessel: Pelican

Paratype for Symphurus urospilus
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Deadman's Bay, Florida., Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic
Depth (m): 19.2 to 19.2
Vessel: Fish Hawk

Depth range based on 45 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 21 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 7 - 85.5
  Temperature range (°C): 20.754 - 25.634
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 2.218
  Salinity (PPS): 35.556 - 36.291
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.597 - 4.895
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.095 - 0.326
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.467

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 7 - 85.5

Temperature range (°C): 20.754 - 25.634

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 2.218

Salinity (PPS): 35.556 - 36.291

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.597 - 4.895

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.095 - 0.326

Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.467
 
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.

demersal; marine; depth range 5 - 324 m (Ref. 26268), usually 5 - 40 m (Ref. 26268)

Not Evaluated