Species: Citharichthys dinoceros, Doublespot Whiff, Spined Whiff

gill rakers 3+7-10
D & A: row large spots
Citharichthys dinoceros Goode & Bean, 1886
Spined Whiff, Doublespot Whiff
Body relatively elongate, oval, (depth 41-44% of SL); eyes on left side; between eyes narrow, completely filled by bony ridge, lower eye before top eye; snout with a short spine in front of top eye; mouth medium (upper jaw >1/3 head length), ends under lower eye; lower jaw included inside upper jaw when mouth is closed, with upper front canines overhanging; teeth ~equally developed on both sides of jaws, in 1 series of fixed teeth on each jaw; gill rakers long and slender, 3+7-10; dorsal fin 90-95; anal fin 70-76; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays; pelvics symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases; tail fin bluntly rounded; urinary papilla on blind side, immediately behind anus; lateral line well developed on both sides, from edge of opercle to tail base, eye-side line ~straight, no branch under lower eye; scales rough on eye side, 43-53 on lateral line; snout not fully scaled.
Generally tan; dorsal and anal fins usually with a series of large dark spots; tail fin with or without 2 large dark spots, one above the other at rear.
Reaches 15 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range: 173-1829 m.
North Carolina to southern Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- 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 + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- 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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- 173
- Depth Range Max
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- 1829