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Antigonia combatia  Berry & Rathjen, 1959

Shortspine boarfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Caproidae (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).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 115 - 585 m (Ref. 44983).   Deep-water, preferred ?; 41°N - 24°S

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Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-28; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 24 - 27. Body pink dorsally, silver ventrally; soft dorsal and anal fin bases with scaly sheath; radiating ridges on side of head (Ref. 13608).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Edible, but not regularly marketed (Ref. 5217).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V. | Collaborators

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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