''Neoniphon marianus'', also known as the longjaw squirrelfish, is a species of
squirrelfish
Holocentrinae is a subfamily of Holocentridae containing 40 recognized species and one proposed species. Its members are typically known as squirrelfish and all are nocturnal. All three genera in the subfamily are found in the Atlantic and ''Ho ...
found in the
Western Atlantic Ocean from the
Florida Keys south to
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...
and throughout the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
. It lives near reefs at depths between , usually between , and can reach sizes of up to
TL.
It is nocturnal and consumes mostly
shrimps, but will also eat
crabs.
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longjaw squirrelfish
Fish of the Caribbean
longjaw squirrelfish
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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