Prefers hard bottoms at depths of about 55 m.

Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Cape Canaveral in northeastern Florida, USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico, including Florida Keys.

Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Cape Canaveral in northeastern Florida, USA and the entire Gulf of Mexico, including Florida Keys

Gulf of Mexico, North West Atlantic

Western Atlantic.

Maximum size: 300 mm TL

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

Type for Serranus ocyurus
Catalog Number: USNM 37997
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): D. Jordan, B. Evermann & Bollman
Locality: Snapper Banks Off Pensacola, Florida., Escambia County, Florida, United States, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic

demersal; marine

benthic

Depth range based on 3439 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2244 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 183
  Temperature range (°C): 9.120 - 26.301
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 12.535
  Salinity (PPS): 33.239 - 36.449
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.731 - 6.333
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.093 - 0.998
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 5.527

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 183

Temperature range (°C): 9.120 - 26.301

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 12.535

Salinity (PPS): 33.239 - 36.449

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.731 - 6.333

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.093 - 0.998

Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 5.527
 
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1

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