Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 44 - 56; Anal soft rays: 46 - 49; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Lacks a gill opening on the eyed side; having 2 or 3 series of scales with rounded posterior margin and larger than other trunk scales along dorsal, anal and pelvic fin bases on the eyed side. Similar to Apionichthys asphyxiatus in the absence of a gill opening on the eyed side, but differs in its larger interorbital space that is 2 to 4 times the orbital diameter (vs. interorbital space half the orbital diameter).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Achiridae

Genus: Apionichthys

Species: Apionichthys rosai Ramos, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal