Species: Trinectes opercularis, Spot-cheek sole

Trinectes opercularis (Nichols & Murphy, 1944)

Spot-cheek sole

Body oval; eyes on right side, small, upper one a little further forward than lower; a ring of cirri on margin of eye-side front nostril; snout rounded; mouth small, arched, a little below snout, ends under lower eye; filaments on blind side behind mouth & on anterior fin rays; 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 48-52; anal rays 35-37; no pectoral fin; 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 ~ 80; opercular margin on blind side mostly without scales.