Species: Citharichthys mariajorisae, Five-rayed sanddab, Maria Joris' sanddab

Citharichthys mariajorisae Van der Heiden & Mussot-Perez, 1995

Five-rayed sanddab, Maria Joris' sanddab

Body moderately deep (height > 50% of SL); head small, length ~ 22-28% of SL; snout short, protruding; eyes on left side (uncommonly on right side), close together, ~ parallel, ridge over lower eye; mouth medium length, 39% of head length, ends under rear part of lower eye; blind side jaws not arched; teeth ~ equally developed on both sides of jaws, in 1 series of immovable teeth on each jaw, no canines but front teeth a little enlarged; gill rakers slender, moderately long, 15-17 lower rakers; 83 (79-90)  dorsal rays; 63 (59-69) anal rays; eye side pectoral ~ 65% of head length; base of eye-side pelvic on midline of body, fin with 5 rays; urinary papilla on blind side, immediately behind anus; eye-side lateral line ~ straight, from edge of opercle to tail base; scales rough, larger than eye, easily shed; 41 (39-45) lateral line scales .

Eye-side dusky grey to light brown, with scattered dark blotches; dorsal and anal with regularly spaced eye-sized blotches of dark color on membranes interspaced with clear areas, often a large basal blotch and smaller outer one, or alternating small and large blotches; dark irregular bars on membranes of tail, pelvic as body, pectoral speckled; blind side yellowish.

Size: 16 cm.

Habitat: sandy bottoms.

Depth: 10-45 m.

SE Gulf of California to Colombia.