Three Twinspot Flounder, Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan 1905

Other Names: Cartwright's Flounder, Fourspot Flounder, Four-spot Flounder, Ocellated Flounder, Three Twin-spot Flounder

A Three Twinspot Flounder, Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus, at Bohol, Philippines, May 2017. Source: zsispeo / Flickr. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A mottled brownish to greyish flounder with one or two pairs of distinct double ocelli above and below the lateral line, many darker rings scattered on the body and fins, and a black mask-like area around the eye, snout and mouth.

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Bray, D.J. 2022, Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/976

Three Twinspot Flounder, Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan 1905

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Distribution	Garden Island, Western Australia, around the tropical north, to Sydney, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific. Inhabits sandy and muddy areas, usually at depths below 50 m.
Features	Dorsal fin 72-78; Anal fin 56-63; Pectoral fin (eyed side) 1-12; Gill rakers (lower limb) 8-9; Lateral-line scales 73-84; Vertebrae 36-37. Body ovoid, depth 2.2-2.4 in SL; teeth in jaws small, without strong canines; gill rakers palmate, as broad as long; scales ctenoid on eyed side, cycloid on blind side.
Feeding	Feeds on bottom-dwelling prey including fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and polychaetes.
Fisheries	Taken in bottom trawl fisheries.
Etymology	The specific name dupliciocellatus is from the Latin duplico- (= double, twofold) and ocellatus (= having eye-like spots) in reference to the double eyespots (two ocelli in one ring) on the eyed-side of this species.
Species Citation	Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan 1905, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 15(2): 25. Type locality: Kobe, Inland Sea of Japan.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Three Twinspot Flounder, Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan 1905

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