Bellator militaris (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Horned searobin
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Family:  Triglidae (Searobins), subfamily: Prionotinae
Max. size:  12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 40 - 110 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: North Carolina to southern Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA; south to Yucatan in Mexico.
Diagnosis:  Males have first 2 dorsal spines extremely long, reaching to tip of tail.
Biology:  Found from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf. Neither anterolateral glandular grooves nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 20 August 2012 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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