Description:
The Hogchoker is widespread along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Massachusetts to South America. This is a predominantly marine species that is also found in freshwater streams and rivers on the Coastal Plain, often over soft substrate. Like all flatfishes, Hogchokers have both eyes on one side of their head. They differ from other flatfishes in the region by having their eyes on the right side of their head and a straight lateral line. Hogchokers are small flatfish with a maximum size of only eight inches.
Literature:
- (Articles, if available online, are hyperlinked)
- 1997
- Derrick, P.A., and V.S. Kennedy. 1997. Prey selection by the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Pisces: Soleidae), along summer salinity gradients in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Marine Biology, 129(4), 699-711.
- Peterson-Curtis, T.L. 1997. Effects of salinity on survival, growth, metabolism, and behavior in juvenile hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus fasciatus (Achiridae). Environmental biology of fishes, 49(3), 323-331.
- 1996
- Peterson-Curtis, T.L. 1996. Partial life history of southern hogchokers, Trinectes maculatus fasciatus, in the Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi. Gulf of Mexico Science, 14(2), 4.
- Peterson, T.L. 1996. Seasonal migration in the southern hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus fasciatus (Achiridae). Gulf and Caribbean Research, 9(3), 169-176.
- 1994
- Derrick, P.A. 1994. Feeding periodicity and prey selection of the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider), in the Chesapeake Bay (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland at College Park).
- 1974
- Koski, R. T. (1974). Life history and ecology of the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus, in its northern range.
- Moore, C.J., and C.R. Posey Sr. 1974. Pigmentation and morphological abnormalities in the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Pisces, Soleidae). Copeia, 660-670.
- 1972
- Moore, C.J., & C.R. Posey. 1972. First records of sinistrality in the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider), and partial albinism within a reversed American heterostomate. Chesapeake Science, 13(4), 324-325.
- O'Connor, J.M. 1972. Tidal activity rhythm in the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 9(2), 173-177.
- Peters, D.S., and M.T. Boyd. 1972. The effect of temperature, salinity, and availability of food on the feeding and growth of the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Bloch & Schneider). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 9(2), 201-207.
- 1955
- Castagna, M. 1955. A study of the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider), in the Wakulla River, Florida (Doctoral dissertation, Florida State University).
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