Species: Citharichthys macrops, Spotted Whiff
between eyes: narrrow + bony ridge

Citharichthys macrops Dresel, 1885
Spotted Whiff
Body a relatively deep (50-53% of SL) oval; eyes on left side, close-set, separated by a long, narrow, concave ridge; mouth medium length (upper jaw 39-44% of head length), ends under lower eye; teeth ~equally developed on both sides of jaws, in 1 series of fixed teeth on each jaw, front teeth enlarged, no canines; edge of operculum on blind side with many leaf-like cirri; gill rakers long and slender, 5-6 + 13-16; 79-82 dorsal fin rays; anal fin 59-63 rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays; pelvics symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases, fin with 6 rays; tail fin bluntly pointed; urinary papilla on blind side, immediately behind anus; lateral line well developed on both sides, eye-side line ~straight, from edge of opercle to tail base; no branch under lower eye; scales smooth to weakly rough, 37-44 on lateral line.
Pale yellowish brown; body and fins heavily covered with regularly arranged spots and blotches; often a pair of dark spots near the base of the tail fin.
Reaches 20 cm.
Lives on hard sand bottoms, typically found on marine beaches, rarely in estuaries.
Depth range: 1-100 m.
Chesapeake Bay to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 100