Species: Syacium gunteri, Shoal Flounder

Syacium gunteri Ginsburg, 1933

Shoal Flounder

Body a deep oval, height 50-56% of SL; eyes on left side, lower distinctly before upper, wide between them (up to 55% of diameter of lower eye, widest in males); head length 26-28% of SL; snout with a notch before top eye;mouth large, ends under middle of lower eye; fixed teeth in 2 rows on upper jaw, 1 row on lower jaw, front teeth larger than side teeth; 74-85 dorsal rays; 59-68 anal rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, eye-side pectoral with first ray elongated in male; pelvic fins symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases; urinary papilla on blind side, immediately behind anus; scales rough on eye side, smooth on blind side; 45-55 lateral line scales; lateral line well developed on both sides, not extending onto head, relatively straight.

Eye side grey-brown, a diffuse dark blotch on lateral line under last 10 dorsal rays.

Size: 20 cm.

Habitat: sand and mud bottoms.

Depth: 10-174 m.

Florida to French Guiana, also in Brazil.