Species: Trinectes paulistanus, Slipper sole, Southern hogchoker

Trinectes paulistanus (Miránda-Ribiero, 1915)

Slipper sole, Southern hogchoker

Body oval; eyes on right side, not tiny (40-56% of snout length); head short and deep; front margin of head with short tentacles; snout rounded; mouth small, oblique, a little under snout; lips fleshy; rear edge of preopercle covered with skin, visible as a superficial groove; gill openings wide, united before pelvic fins; without opening connecting gill chambers on both sides; dorsal 54-60 rays, origin above lower eye; anal rays 40-45; eye-side pectoral fin normally with a single ray; pelvic fin on eye side fused to anal; lateral line from head to tail, straight, with perpendicular branches running across body; body covered with rough scales; scales on front of head enlarged, 4-5 rows on preopercle, 8-10 rows on opercle.