Scrawled Sole
Trinectes inscriptus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Achiridae
- Genus
- Trinectes
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 14 countries and 4 regions.
- Abaco, Bahamas - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 7 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 8 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 9 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 9 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 5 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records