Malacanthus plumieri has a highly elongated, slightly compressed body with a slender, rounded head. There is a large, sharp spine at the corner of the gill cover. This species varies in colour from yellowish whit… Meer weergeven

Malacanthus plumieri is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It ranges from Cape Lookout in North Carolina and Bermuda in the north southwards along the coast of the United States to the Bahamas, into the Gul… Meer weergeven

Malacanthus plumieri is found at depths between 3 and 153 m (10 and 502 ft). it is mainly a benthic inhabitant of shallow waters where the substrate is predominantly rubble or sand. Here it crea… Meer weergeven

Malacanthus plumieri was first formally described in 1786 as Coryphaena plumieri by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) with the type locality given as the Antilles. When George's Cuvi… Meer weergeven

Malacanthus plumieri is eaten fresh, and it is normally caught as bycatch. It also occasionally appears in the aquarium trade. Meer weergeven