Lumptail searobin (Prionotus stephanophrys) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 15–110 m.
Scientific name: Prionotus stephanophrys · Water: Saltwater, Brackish
Size: up to 43 cm
The lumptail searobin is a demersal triglid that inhabits sand or sandy-mud bottoms, recorded from 15 to 110 m, and it also enters brackish water. Its range is the eastern Pacific, from the Columbia River in Washington to Chile, and it is rare north of Baja California in Mexico. Maximum length is about 43 cm total length, commonly about 30 cm, and it matures at about 22.6 cm. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, with a medium price category. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 47 of 100 and resilience medium. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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