Pinguipes brasilianus

Pinguipes brasilianus, the Brazilian sandperch, is a ray-finned fish of the family Pinguipedidae that lives on the sea floor of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The French naturalist Georges Cuvier described it in 1829. Its range runs from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil south to Golfo Nuevo in Argentina, and it has twice been reported from the central Mediterranean Sea. It is a demersal fish, meaning it lives close to the bottom, at depths between about 10 and 135 metres in the Wikipedia account, while FishBase gives 60 to 150 metres. Charles Darwin recorded crew of the Beagle catching it on hook and line off northern Patagonia and described it as chestnut brown above, with black bands across the head, flanks and fins, a pink lower lip, a white underside and yellow irises. Breeding is spread over spring and summer and peaks between October and February. Females mature at around 15 centimetres in total length, and spawning involves courtship and pair bonding, with several batches of eggs released over the season, sometimes into a reef crevice.