Species: Apionichthys dumerili, Longtail Sole
eyes tiny
Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, 1858
Longtail Sole
Body elongate, tapering to tail; eyes minute, barely visible, on right side of the body; mouth small, oblique, strongly arched, a little under snout; lips fleshy; preoperculum edge covered with skin but visible as a superficial groove; gill openings are narrow slits, separate, not joining on lower body profile; the origin of the dorsal fin well before the eye; dorsal fin 57-75; anal fin 40-55; eye side pelvic rudimentary or absent, separate from blind side pelvic; tail fin bluntly pointed, connected by a membrane to dorsal and anal fins; body covered with rough scales, skin not loose; a straight lateral line with perpendicular branches running across body.
Light brown, with irregular dark brown blotches.
Reaches 15 cm.
Estuarine, ranging into freshwater and marine habitats.
Depth range: 1-10 m.
Gulf of Paria to the Amazon mouth.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Marine
- 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
- Estuary
- Freshwater
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- 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 only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
