A Northern Searobin caught in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/30/2016).

View Record Details Photo by Bill Hubick MBP List

A Northern Searobin caught in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/30/2016).

View Record Details Photo by Bill Hubick MBP List

Northern Searobin in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/5/2019). (c) deanr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Northern Searobin caught in Virginia Beach Co., Virginia (8/22/2013).

Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC MBP List

Northern Searobin in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) jayce-the-creature-creator, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 436116 - Psn: 142)

Northern Searobin in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) jayce-the-creature-creator, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

View Record Details Photo by jayce-the-creature-creator via iNaturalist MBP List

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Status

Found along the western Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to the Florida Keys, where it prefers sandy bottoms.

Description

Note the large head, tapered body, and those large, wing-like pectoral fins. The three lower rays of its pelvic fins are specially adapted feelers, one might even call them "legs", with which they walk across the sandy bottoms they prefer.

Relationships

Feed upon a large variety of worms, bivalves, amphipods, and crustaceans.

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A Northern Searobin caught in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/30/2016). View Record Details Media by Bill Hubick.

Northern Searobin in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/5/2019). (c) deanr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by deanr via iNaturalist.

A Northern Searobin caught in Virginia Beach Co., Virginia (8/22/2013). Media by Robert Aguilar, SERC.

Northern Searobin in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) jayce-the-creature-creator, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by jayce-the-creature-creator via iNaturalist.