Bembrops gobioides

Bembrops gobioides, the goby flathead,[2] is a species of fish in the family Percophidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from New York to the Caribbean Sea. It is a benthic, predatory fish which lives at depths of up to 724 metres (2,375 ft) but is more normally recorded between 350 metres (1,150 ft) and 450 metres (1,480 ft).[1]

Bembrops gobioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Genus: Bembrops
Species:
B. gobioides
Binomial name
Bembrops gobioides
Goode, 1880[2]

References
  1. Dooley, J.; Collette, B.; Aiken, K.A.; et al. (2015). "Bembrops gobioides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16425314A16510117. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16425314A16510117.en. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16425314A16510117.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Bembrops gobioides" in FishBase. February 2018 version.



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