Black margate

Black margate
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Haemulidae
Genus:	Anisotremus
Species:	A. surinamensis
Binomial name
	Anisotremus surinamensis; (Bloch, 1791)
Synonyms
	Lutjanus surinamensis Bloch, 1791;

The black margate (Anisotremus surinamensis) is a species of grunt native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil and throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It can be found at depths from 0 to 20 m (0 to 66 ft), preferring steeply sloping rocky bottoms or reefs with nearby areas for shelter. This species can reach 76 cm (30 in) in TL, though most do not exceed 45 cm (18 in). The maximum recorded weight for this species is 5.8 kg (13 lb). It is important to commercial fisheries as a food fish and is popular in public aquaria.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Anisotremus surinamensis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

External links

Marinespecies.org
Photos of Black margate on Sealife Collection

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Anisotremus surinamensis" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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