Species: Citharichthys dinoceros, Doublespot Whiff, Spined Whiff

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.