Occurs in bays, lagoons and shallow coastal waters. Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5217).

Gulf of Mexico

Western Atlantic: northwestern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 82 - 90; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 63 - 69

Maximum size: 320 mm TL

32.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217))

Body is oval, moderately elongate. Dorsal fin originates distinctly anterior to a vertical at front of the eyes. Eyes on left side, not large, their diameter is 5 - 5.9 times the head length. The interorbital space is narrow, less than half the eye diameter. Lateral line on eyed side is not steeply arched above pectoral fin. The mouth is large extending slightly beyond the posterior margin of the eyes. Caudal fin is rounded. Color is brown with a large blotch beneath pectoral fin. The dorsal and anal fins have a row of dark spots containing pale areas,. Two spots on the dorsal and a few on the anal are large. The caudal fin has three large dark spots at the posterior border, none on center of the fin.

Type for Cyclopsetta chittendeni
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration; Radiograph
Collector(s): D. Chittenden
Locality: Trinidad, W.I., Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic

Depth range based on 53 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 27 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 9.2 - 91
  Temperature range (°C): 18.956 - 27.999
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.202 - 6.390
  Salinity (PPS): 35.836 - 36.529
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.755 - 4.902
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.019 - 0.424
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.964 - 4.128

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 9.2 - 91

Temperature range (°C): 18.956 - 27.999

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.202 - 6.390

Salinity (PPS): 35.836 - 36.529

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.755 - 4.902

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.019 - 0.424

Silicate (umol/l): 0.964 - 4.128
 
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Depth: 20 - 150m.
From 20 to 150 meters.

Habitat: demersal. Occurs in bays, lagoons and shallow coastal waters. Regarded as most common flatfish taken by shrimp trawlers off Texan coast.

demersal; marine; depth range 20 - 150 m (Ref. 5217)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1

Not Evaluated

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: Bycatch in shrimp trawl fisheries.; price reliability: very high