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Overview |
Main identification features
- eyes close, crest between
- elongate, tapering
- large mouth
- pectoral - black + white spots, notch at end
Eyes on left side; between eyes narrow, with crest that lacks spines; teeth ~equally developed on eye- and blind-sides; no pectoral on blind side in adults; eye-side pelvic slightly longer than blind-side fin, with origin behind lower eye; body elongate (body height <1/3 standard length); mouth large; 98-102 dorsal rays; 78-85 anal rays; pectoral notched at end, 9-12 rays; 104-112 lateral line scales.
Dark grey body and fins; pectoral dark with whitish spots.
Size: 18 cm.
Habitat: shell and mud bottoms.
Depth: 95-385 m.
Nicaragua to northern Peru
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 385 m.
Depth Range Min: 95 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=12; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-87; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=21; Longitudinal range=9.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 18 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; Continent only; Continent only; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom only; Bottom;
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- Evseenko, S.A., 1999., Early developmental stages of two flounder species of the genus Monolene - M. dubiosa and M. maculipinna (Bothidae) - from central waters of the Eastern Pacific with notes on taxonomic status of M. asaedai and M. danae., Journal Ichthyology (English translation of Voprosy Ikhtiologie), 39:600-605.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Norman, J. R., 1934., A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata) Vol. I Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae., Brithish Museum (Natural History):1-459.
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