Species: Syacium gunteri, Shoal flounder

eyes moderately separated

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.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Continental primarily
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 174