Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Hogchoker
Trinectes maculatus
photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Family:  Achiridae (American soles)
Max. size:  20 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 7 years
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 75 m, amphidromous
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, to Panama.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults inhabit coastal waters. They also enter fresh waters, going hundreds of miles upstream. Migrate downstream to spawn in spring (Ref. 36739). Larvae move upstream after hatching (Ref. 36739). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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