Species: Prionotus horrens, Bristly searobin

Prionotus horrens Richardson, 1844

Bristly Searobin

Head deep; eye large; wide between eyes; projecting snout plates short; no transverse groove across top of head behind eyes; bony ridge under eye with 2 spines at rear; teeth on jaws and roof of mouth simple; two separate dorsal fins, X + 10-12; anal fin with 9 rays; pectoral fins relatively short, barely reaching under origin of 2nd dorsal, rear margin convex, 13-14 rays, with 2-3 enlarged free rays at bottom of fin; body with rough scales; flank scales smooth; rear flap of operculum with scales; nape scaled; lateral-line scales 93-105.

Head and body grey brown to red brown; 1st dorsal with black front 1/2, pale rear 1/2; a dark bar down rear of 2nd dorsal fin continuing down body; a broad brown band below eye to lower cheek behind mouth; pectoral fin blackish with large clear patch on outer half; tail fin with large dark spots basally and blackish longitudinal streaks on outer half forming three irregular bars.

Size: reaches 35 cm.

Habitat: trawled on mud-sand.

Depth: 7-105 m.

Southern Baja and the SW and eastern Gulf of California to Peru.