Species: Trinectes fimbriatus, Fringed sole, White-spotted sole

Trinectes fimbriatus (Günther, 1862)

White-spotted sole, Fringed sole

Body nearly round, its depth 1.4-1.5 in SL; eyes on right side; a ring of cirri on margin of eye-side front nostril; snout rounded; mouth small, arched, a little below snout; front margin of head with short tentacles; rear edge of preopercle covered with skin, visible as a superficial groove; gill openings wide, united before pelvic fins; without opening connecting gill chambers on both sides; dorsal origin ~ above eye; dorsal rays 52 (46-56); anal rays 36.5 (33-39); no pectorals; pelvic on eye side fused to anal; pectorals present or absent; lateral line from head to tail, straight, with perpendicular branches running across body; body covered with rough scales; scales in longitudinal series 70-74; opercular margin on blind side mostly without scales.