Species: Trichopsetta orbisulcus, Furrowed Sash Flounder
pectoral barred

Trichopsetta orbisulcus Anderson & Gutherz, 1967
Furrowed Sash Flounder
Body oval, depth ~43% of SL; eyes on left side of head, close together, with a spineless crest between them; snout concave on upper side, but not deeply notched; 2 grooves on head, 1 from front nostril on blind side to top of front of top eye, other above front 1/3 of that eye; mouth moderate, ends under front of pupil of lower eye; male with spine on lower jaw, another on snout above top lip, another before front rim of lower eye; teeth small, pointed, almost entirely on blind side jaws; 7-8 short, blunt lower gill rakers; dorsal rays 91-93; dorsal origin in front of top eye; anal rays 70-73; pectoral fin on both sides, rays not branched, eye side fin twice as long as blind side fin; eye side pelvic fin with base about equal to that of blind side fin, situated on body midline, its origin slightly behind that of blind-side fin and well behind lower eye; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye; 78-80 lateral line scales.
Brown; grooves near top eye black; outer part of eye-side pectoral fin barred; blind side dusky, more so towards rear of body; male with dark blotch.at front of dorsal fin, between rays 3-7
Reaches 20 cm.
Soft bottoms.
Depth range: 115-200 m.
SW to S Caribbean.

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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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- 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 endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continental primarily
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- 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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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 115
- Depth Range Max
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- 200