Bandtail Sea Robin

Caudal fin has 3 dark vertical bars. Long filament on nostril. Fleshy tentacle above eye. No other searobin has filaments on the nostril and fleshy tentacles above the eye (Ref. 26938)

Oviparous (Ref. 37799).

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analsoft rays: 11

Found from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf.

Western Atlantic: North Carolina in USA, Bahamas and northern Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela. Probably occurring in Trinidad (37°N - 9°N)

benthic