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Trinectes opercularis J. T. Nichols and R. C. Murphy, 1944
SPOTTED-CHEEK SOLE
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Trinectes opercularis
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Trinectes opercularis

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Trinectes opercularis
© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0
Trinectes opercularis
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Overview
Main identification features
  • front nostril: ring of cirri
  • operculum +/- dark and pale blotches
  • body densely freckled
  • anal fin ~34
Spot-cheek sole

Body oval; eyes on right side, small, upper one a little further forward than lower; snout rounded; mouth small, arched, a little below snout, ends under lower eye; front margin of head with short tentacles; a ring of cirri around eye-side front nostril; filaments on blind side behind mouth & on anterior fin rays; rear edge of preopercle covered with skin; no opening connecting gill chambers on both sides; opercular flap on blind side mostly scaleless; fins without spines; dorsal origin ~above eye; dorsal 48 rays; anal ~34 rays; no pectoral fin; pelvic on eye side fused to anal; pectorals present or absent; lateral line from head to tail, straight; tail long, rounded; scales very rough, ~80 along side.

Upper body dark grey-brown, dense freckled appearance on body; dorsal & anal as body, tail paler; scaleless opercular area sometimes with conspicuous pattern of irregular dark & pale blotches; blind side white.

Size: 15 cm.

Habitat: sand & mud.

Depth: 10-40 m.

Colombia and Ecuador.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 40 m.
Depth Range Min: 10 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=6; Southern limit=-3; Western limit=-81; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 15 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Günther, A., 1862., Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum., Brithish Museum (Natural History)4:1-534.
  • Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
  • Nichols , J.T. and Murphy, R. C., 1944., A Collection of Fishes from the Panama Bight, Pacific Ocean., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 83:217-260.
  • Walker and Bollinger, H. J. & J., 2001., A new species of Trinectes (Pleuronectiformes: Achiridae), with comments on the other Eastern Pacific species of the genus., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):177-186.

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