Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 58 - 64; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 42 - 47; Vertebrae: 34 - 35. Body outline almost perfectly ovoid (dorsal and anal fin included); eyes widely separated; vertical dark lines conspicuous and crossed by a pair of longitudinal dark stripes bordering lateral line, forming a typical reticulate pattern over the brown background; body and fins have irregular dark blotches of different sizes, most of them approximately the size of the interorbital space, and minor blotches scattered among them; absence of scales on the interorbital space; reticulate color pattern over the brown background with small blotches; nostril diameter smaller than orbital diameter; and caudal fin lanceolate (Ref. 49504).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Achiridae

Genus: Apionichthys

Species: Apionichthys sauli Ramos, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal