Description
Body flat and elongate, with dorsal and anal fins joined to caudal fin. Eyes on left side of body, with a scaly space between them; snout rounded, rostral hook long and reaching beyond lower eye; corner of mouth not reaching beyond lower eye, nearer to gill opening than to tip of snout; mouth fringed with tentacles. Two lateral lines on eyed side of body but none on blind side.
Size
Maximum length: 30.0 cm (TL), common length: 15-20 cm (TL)
Diet
Feeds mostly on bottom living invertebrates.
Utilization
Marketed fresh and salt dried.
Gears
Trawl, gillnet