demersal; marine; depth range 8 - 533 m (Ref. 6885), usually 20 - ? m (Ref. 27436)

Habitat Type: Marine

Type for Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert
Catalog Number: USNM 26978
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): D. Jordan
Year Collected: 1880
Locality: Monterey, Cal., Monterey County, California, United States, North America, Pacific

Syntype for Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert
Catalog Number: USNM 27115
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Dry Osteological Specimen
Collector(s): D. Jordan
Year Collected: 1880
Locality: San Francisco, California, California, United States, North America, Pacific

Dorsal origin far forward at angle of mouth, first 9-12 rays on the blind side. Caudal deep and rounded.

37.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850))

Maximum size: 370 mm TL

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67 - 79; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 46 - 52; Vertebrae: 37 - 39

Eastern North Pacific.

Eastern Pacific: Prince William Sound, Alaska to Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California, Mexico.