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Stellifer musicki Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 Bigeye stardrum |
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photo by
Chao et al., 2021 |
| Family: | Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) | |||
| Max. size: | 9.77 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Southwestern Atlantic: endemic to Brazil. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 12-15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-21; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-9. This species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Atlantic with a horizontal or inferior mouth by having a large, oblique mouth and large eye (3.8-4.5 in HL); differs from S. collettei and S. macallisteri by their smaller eye, 5.0-7.1 and 4.4-5.4 in HL, respectively; differs from other moderately large-eyed species as follows: from S. griseus by having fewer gill rakers 31-38 (vs. 52-59); from S. cervigoni and S. rastrifer by their jet-black lining under gill cover, pale in S. musicki; from S. stellifer by the several small, finely serrated spines instead of 3 to 4 distinct strong spines at the lower corner of preopercle (Ref. 125562). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 July 2023 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||