Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 57 - 75; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 40 - 55; Vertebrae: 34 - 38. Nostril diameter 1.5-2 times orbital diameter; color pattern consisting of a light brown background with irregular, scattered dark brown blotches, the largest ones 2-7 times interorbital space; caudal fin pointed (median rays proportionally longer than external ones); presence of gill openings on both eyed sides; absence of scales on the interorbital space (Ref. 49504).

Common Names

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Sol , Creole, French , French Guiana

Flounder , English , Guyana

Longtail sole , English , Global

Sole , French , France

Sole queue longue , French , France

Sole queue longue , French , Global

单色无锯鳎 , Mandarin Chinese , China

單色無鋸鰨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

杜氏无锯鳎 , Mandarin Chinese , China

杜氏無鋸鰨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Linguado , Portuguese , Brazil

Tapa , Portuguese (Gothic) , Brazil

Arrevés , Spanish , Venezuela

Lenguado , Spanish , Venezuela

Panga raya , Spanish , Peru

Suela colalarga , Spanish , Spain

Alumaïa , Wayana , French Guiana

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Achiridae

Genus: Apionichthys

Species: Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, 1858

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: estuarine areas of the Orinoco (Venezuela), Corantijn (Suriname), Oyapock, Amazon and Grajaú (Brazil) rivers, and from marine areas under influence of these rivers. Enters low land freshwaters - there are records from Jari River (Brazil) and Corantijn River (Suriname).

Biology

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Rare. Adults occur over sandy-muddy bottoms of the littoral zone and estuaries. Little is known of its biology (Ref. 35237). Maximum length reported to reach 15 cm TL (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

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freshwater