Jack-Knifefish (juvenile)

Q: Where can you find Jack-Knifefish (juvenile)?

Jack-Knifefish (juvenile) can be found in: Honduras East, Costa Rica, Cuba West, Panama East, USA East, Mexico South East, USA South East, Costa Rica East, Atlantic Ocean West, Venezuela, Belize, Yucatan, Cozumel Island, Lesser Antilles, Mexico East, Cuba East, Colombia North, Nicaragua East, Guatemala East, Bermuda, Caribbean Sea, Trinidad & Tobago, Gulf of Mexico, Dominican Republic, USA, Atlantic Ocean, Honduras, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, French Guiana, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Haiti, Bahamas, Panama, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Virgin Islands (U.K.).

Equetus lanceolatus

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Equetus lanceolatus is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

Other names: Donkey fish and Lance-shaped Ribbonfish.

Description

This fish reaches about 25 centimeters in maximum length. The first dorsal fin is very tall. The body is gray in color with three brown or black bands. The first two bands are small and vertical, and the third extends from the tip of the tall dorsal fin down the body to the tip of the tail fin.

Distribution

It occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas.

Habitat

When jackknifefish are young and small, they generally lives in rocks and coral hidden from predators. Generally they inhabit reef areas.

Diet

Jackknifefish are carnivorous fish that feed on crabs, shrimp and other small invertebrates.

Behavior

This species of fish can live with other types of small fish, as it is not aggressive. Like other fishes of its family, it can produce "croaking" or "drumming" sounds.