(of)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up[details]
Description Usually found at or near the surface, over reefs or sometimes far offshore. Schools from the surface to depths of at least...
Description Usually found at or near the surface, over reefs or sometimes far offshore. Schools from the surface to depths of at least 150 m in clear offshore waters, but occasionally enters deep clear lagoons or seaward reefs as shallow as 3 m. Feeds on invertebrates, small fishes and squid. Good food fish (Ref. 9626) and is marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref. 9283); also frozen and used for sashimi (Ref. 9987). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil.
Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126809 on 2025-05-30
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126809 on 2025-05-30
original description(of)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up[details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
context source (HKRMS)Tang Y.W. (1975) Sea Life Around Hong Kong v.6. Hong Kong Fish Marketing Organization, Hong Kong.[details]
context source (Bermuda)Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp.[details]
context source (PeRMS)Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p.[details]
basis of recordvan der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceRobins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 1-354.[details]
additional sourceMcEachran, 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.[details]
additional sourceFroese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online athttps://www.fishbase.org[details]
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Kenya
Unreviewed
Comores
Djibouti
Eritrea
Federal Republic of Somalia
Gulf of Mexico
Indian Ocean
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
New Zealand
North Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Seychelles
South Africa
Tanzania
(no group)
Unreviewed
Description Usually found at or near the surface, over reefs or sometimes far offshore. Schools from the surface to depths of at least 150 m in clear offshore waters, but occasionally enters deep clear lagoons or seaward reefs as shallow as 3 m. Feeds on invertebrates, small fishes and squid. Good food fish (Ref. 9626) and is marketed fresh and salted/dried (Ref. 9283); also frozen and used for sashimi (Ref. 9987). [details] Distribution Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northeastern Brazil. [details] Habitat nektonic [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Remark Date and spelling Smith-Vaniz, pers. comm. [details]
Present 
