Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 78; Anal soft rays: 51 - 58; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. Uniformly brown background coloration without blotches and 6 dark, very narrow stripes along trunk, 3 stripes above and 3 below lateral line; scale margins are also darker than in other congeneric species; elongate body shape, small eye (5-6% HL) and a wide, variable interorbital space (200-300% of eye); absence of scales on the interorbital space and presence of a gill opening on both sides of the head (Ref. 49504).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Achiridae

Genus: Apionichthys

Species: Apionichthys seripierriae Ramos, 2003

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal