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sand perch (Diplectrum formosum)
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Serranidae

sand perch

Diplectrum formosum

Fish Reaching Thirty Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

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

sand perch is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA, the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas southward to Uruguay. Occurrence in western Caribbean is doubtful (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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