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Barbel drum (Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus)
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Barbel drum (Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus) specimen
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Sciaenidae

Barbel drum

Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus

Black lining creates dark blotch

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Barbel drum is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits coastal waters. Records give a maximum length of 21 cm.

Maximum length
21 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Nicaragua along the Caribbean coast and Atlantic coasts of South America to southern Brazil.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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