Species: Monolene atrimana, Blackfin flounder, Blackfinned deepwater flounder, Longfinned deepwater flounder


Monolene atrimana Goode & Bean, 1886
Longfinned deepwater flounder, Blackfinned deepwater flounder
Body elongate, tapering to tail; head relatively pointed; snout < eye; eyes on left side; between eyes narrow, with crest that lacks spines; mouth short, ends ~ front edge lower eye; teeth ~equally developed on eye- and blind-sides; gill rakers short and stout, 8; 119-125 dorsal rays; 98-108 anal rays; pectoral fin rays not branched, fin long (longer than head), lowermost rays shortest, 11-15 rays, no pectoral on blind side in adults; base of eye-side pelvic fin equal to base of blind-side fin, situated on body midline, its origin slightly behind that of blind-side fin; about 105 lateral line scales; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye.
Dark body and fins; pectoral black; a single large blotch on tail fin.
Size: 11 cm.
Habitat: shell and mud bottoms.
Depth: 90-570 m.
Florida to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- 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)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 11
- Depth Range Min
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- 90
- Depth Range Max
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- 570