Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Serranidae > Diplectrum > Diplectrum formosum

Diplectrum formosum (Squirrelfish; Sandperch; Sandfish; Sand seabass; Sand perch)

Synonyms: Perca formosa
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States

Prey / Diet

Predators

Centropristis philadelphica (Sea bass)[1]
Epinephelus morio (Red grouper)[1]
Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper)[2]
Mycteroperca microlepis (Velvet rockfish)[1]
Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Feeding ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus in the northern Gulf of Mexico, R. J. David Wells, James H. Cowan Jr., Brian Fry, Mar Ecol Prog Ser 361: 213–225, 2008
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0