Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 74 - 75; Anal soft rays: 50 - 51. Body moderately deep (40-43% SL). Snout extended into a hook-like process projecting downwards in front of small, oblique mouth. Scales very small, rather firmly attached; ctenoid or cycloid on ocular side, mostly ctenoid on blind side. Pelvic fin rays on right side 12-14, left 3-4. Caudal fin rays 14 (Ref. 33839).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Rhombosoleidae

Genus: Ammotretis

Species: Ammotretis elongatus McCulloch, 1914

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in coastal waters (Ref. 9563).

Habitat

demersal