> Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Antigoniidae (Deepbody boarfishes)
Etymology: Antigonia:Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defied her uncle, king Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother Polynices and was condemned to be immured in a cave (Ref. 45335). More on author: Lowe.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري القاع; نطاق العمق 50 - 900 m (Ref. 5217), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 4952). Tropical; 44°N - 51°S, 77°W - 153°W
Worldwide in subtropical and tropical oceans. Eastern Atlantic: France to Namibia, including Azores and Madeira. Western Atlantic: southern New England, USA and Gulf of Mexico to [Brazil according to Ref. 7251] Uruguay (Ref. 47377). Pacific Ocean: Hawaii (Ref. 7490), Japan (Ref. 559) and Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.5 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 26340); common length : 15.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 27000); أعلا وزن تم نشرة: 170.00 g (Ref. 5217)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 8 - 9; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 337; شوكة شرجية 3; أشعه شرجية لينه: 30 - 35. Body orange red, 3 dark red bands on eye, mid-body and caudal peduncle (Ref. 13608). Mouth oblique; longest dorsal spine about 1/4 of SL (Ref. 559).
Adults are found close to bottom while juveniles occur in mid water (Ref. 4952). Feed on small mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 5288). Not regularly marketed (Ref. 5217).
Life cycle and mating behavior النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Karrer, C. and A. Post, 1990. Caproidae. p. 641-642. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4504)
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