Common names: sand-perch (English), menta (Espanol), camotillo (Espanol), serrano (Espanol)
 
Diplectrum rostrum Bortone, 1974


Barsnout sand-perch,     Bridled sand-perch,     Narrowspur sand-perch



Slender, elongate; angle of preoperculum a blunt, rounded bony spur with 7-11 spines; gill rakers 22-25; dorsal rays X, 12-13; anal rays III, 7-8; pectoral rays 16-18 (usually 17); tail concave; snout and between eyes scaleless; scales moderately small, rough; pored lateral-line scales 48-51; midlateral scale rows 60-70; predorsal scales 12-16; 10-14 vertical rows of scales on cheek.


Light tan to whitish with 5-7 faint blackish bars on side; also an indistinct blackish midlateral stripe; a large blackish blotch at base of tail fin; 2 pink bars under eye, running obliquely down and forwards; eye with yellow ring; top of tail base with 2 black spots; tail fin grey with clear spots.


Size: reaches at least 21 cm.

Inhabits sand bottoms.

Depth: 10-80 m.

Southern Baja to Peru and the Galapagos.