Species: Trinectes fonsecensis, Spotted-fin sole
front nostril no ring cirri
fins spotted
blind side opercular flap mostly scaled
Trinectes fonsecensis (Günther, 1862)
Spotted-fin sole
Body oval, elongate; eyes on right side; no 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 59 (54-64); anal rays 43 (40-48); pectoral fin in 90% of fish, rays 1-3 (usually a single small ray); 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 73-76; opercular margin on blind side mostly scaled.
Tan with ~10 dark brown bars; scattered rows of spots between bars; median fins with dark brown spots.
Size: reaches at least 19 cm.
Inhabits flat sand bottoms, frequently captured by trawlers, also enters estuaries.
Depth: 0-107 m.
The southern tip of Baja and the Gulf of California to Peru, vagrants in the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Freshwater
- Soft bottom only
- Estuary
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 19
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 107
