Sainsbury'S Flathead

This species has the following characters: preorbital spines 4-5; total gill rakers on the first arch 5; bony expansion of the suborbital ridge upper base on cheek with 1-2 rows of small spines; maxilla reaching to below middle eye; papilla on upper surface of eye absent; ethmoid with a series of spines and several pairs of nasal spines; supraorbital and suborbital ridges with numerous smaller spines; no sensory tubules on cheek area below the suborbital ridge (Ref. 76979).

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analsoft rays: 12; Vertebrae: 27

A benthic species found in soft-bottom continental shelves (Ref. 75154).