Trinectes

Trinectes is a genus of American soles native to the Americas. Most species are coastal, occurring in both salt and brackish water, but several may enter fresh water and one, T. hubbsbollinger, is restricted to rivers.^[1] They are fairly small, with the largest species only reaching 25 cm (9.8 in) in length.^[2]

Trinectes
Hogchoker (T. maculatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Achiridae
Genus:	Trinectes Rafinesque, 1832
Type species
Trinectes scabra Rafinesque 1832
Synonyms
Verconectes Whitley, 1931

Species

The currently recognised species in this genus are:^[1][2]

• Trinectes fimbriatus (Günther, 1862) (fringed sole)
• Trinectes fluviatilis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (freshwater sole)
• Trinectes fonsecensis (Günther, 1862) (spotted-fin sole)
• Trinectes hubbsbollinger Duplain, Chapleau & Munroe, 2012^[1]
• Trinectes inscriptus (P. H. Gosse, 1851) (scrawled sole)
• Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (hogchoker)
• Trinectes microphthalmus (Chabanaud, 1928)
• Trinectes opercularis (Nichols & Murphy, 1944) (spotted-cheek sole)
• Trinectes paulistanus (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915) (slipper sole)
• Trinectes xanthurus H. J. Walker & Bollinger, 2001