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  • Three Twinspot Flounder Three Twinspot Flounder Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus Regan 1905 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus
  • Dwarf Lefteye Flounder Dwarf Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus tenuis Günther 1880 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • Neolaeops microphthalmus (Bonde 1922) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Neolaeops
  • Yellowspotted Flounder Yellowspotted Flounder Parabothus kiensis (Tanaka 1918) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Parabothus
  • Cockatoo Flounder Cockatoo Flounder Samaris cristatus Gray 1831 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Samaridae > Samaris
  • Pennant Flounder Pennant Flounder Grammatobothus pennatus (Ogilby 1913) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Grammatobothus
  • Waite's Flounder Waite's Flounder Arnoglossus waitei Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • Threespot Flounder Threespot Flounder Grammatobothus polyophthalmus (Bleeker 1866) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Grammatobothus
  • Chain-mail Flounder Chain-mail Flounder Crossorhombus azureus (Alcock 1889) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Crossorhombus
  • No Photo Available Huysman's Flounder Samariscus huysmani Weber 1913 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Samaridae > Samariscus
  • Pseudorhombus neglectus Bleeker 1865 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus
  • Bigtooth Twinspot Flounder Bigtooth Twinspot Flounder Pseudorhombus diplospilus Norman 1926 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A brown left-eyed flounder with four double ocelli arranged in a square on the upper side.
  • Bleeker's Flounder Bleeker's Flounder Engyprosopon bleekeri (Macleay 1881) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Engyprosopon
  • Arnoglossus nigrifrons Amaoka & Mihara 2000 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • Spiny Flounder Spiny Flounder Pseudorhombus spinosus McCulloch 1914 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus
  • Crested Flounder Crested Flounder Lophonectes gallus Günther 1880 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Lophonectes
  • Manyspot Lefteye Flounder Manyspot Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus polyspilus (Günther 1880) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • Tosarhombus longimanus Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton 1997 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Tosarhombus
  • Spot-tail Wide-eye Flounder Spot-tail Wide-eye Flounder Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Engyprosopon An oval-shaped flounder with two distinct black blotches on the caudal fin, between the 3rd and 4th rays from the upper and lower margins of the fin respectively; males with a dark greyish underside. Video of a Striate Anglerfish (aka Hairy Frogfish) eating a Spot-tail Wide-eye Flounder .
  • Olive Wide-eye Flounder Olive Wide-eye Flounder Engyprosopon maldivensis (Regan 1908) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Engyprosopon
  • No Photo Available Scale-eye Flounder Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis Weber 1913 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Citharidae > Lepidoblepharon
  • Slender Flounder Slender Flounder Pseudorhombus tenuirastrum (Waite 1899) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A greyish-brown flounder with three ocelli above and below the lateral line, and smaller dark rings and blotches scattered on body and median fins. 
  • Common Largescale Flounder Common Largescale Flounder Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist 1904) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Citharidae > Citharoides A brownish left-eyed flounder with a dark blotch at the rear of the dorsal and anal fin bases, and dark spots or blotches on the body, dorsal and anal fins.
  • Long Lefteye Flounder Long Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus elongatus Weber 1913 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • African Righteye Flounder African Righteye Flounder Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman 1931 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Poecilopsetta
  • Peacock Flounder Peacock Flounder Pseudorhombus argus Weber 1913 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A brownish flounder with five large ocelli on the eyed-side - two above and below the lateral line and one on the rear third of the straight part of the lateral line, and many dark spots and rings scattered on the body and median fins. 
  • Longfin Righteye Flounder Longfin Righteye Flounder Nematops macrochirus Norman 1931 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Nematops
  • Japanese Lefteye Flounder Japanese Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus japonicus Hubbs 1915 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
  • No Photo Available Sunier's Flounder Samariscus sunieri Weber & de Beaufort 1929 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Samaridae > Samariscus Samariscus sunieri is a relatively small righteyed flounder with a long, slender, very compressed body and a very long pectoral fin that is about twice the length of the head. This species lives inside and outside of the Great Barrier Reef.
  • Spotless Lefteye Flounder Spotless Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus praeteritus (Whitley 1950) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus In Australia this species was previously referred to as  Arnoglossus aspilos (Bleeker, 1851).
  • Flowery Flounder Flowery Flounder Bothus mancus (Broussonet 1782) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Bothus A left-side flounder with dark-margined pale spots and numerous scattered small dark spots, usually three dark spots or blotches on lateral line, a row of widely-spaced dark spots on dorsal and anal fins, and eyed side pectoral fins with dark crossbars. Video of a well-camouflaged Flowery Flounder on Agincourt reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Video of a Flowery Flounders - the Kings of Camouflage .
  • Smalltooth Flounder Smalltooth Flounder Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker 1855) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A brownish flatfish with two conspicuous ocelli above and below the lateral line and one or two ocelli on rear part of the lateral line before the tail, and a dark blotch at junction of straight and curved portions of lateral line. 
  • Pelican Flounder Pelican Flounder Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock 1894 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Chascanopsetta A greatly compressed left-eye flounder with an enormous mouth, the upper jaw shorter than the head length, the lower jaw protruding slightly beyond the upper jaw, and lateral lines developed on both sides of the body. Image of a larval Pelecan Flounder .
  • Largecrest Lefteye Flounder Largecrest Lefteye Flounder Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock 1889 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus A pale brownish lefteye flounder with conspicuous black spots at the rear base of the dorsal and anal fins, outer part of pectoral fin on eyed side black, and extremely elongate anterior dorsal-fin rays in males greater that about 5 cm in length.
  • Largetooth Flounder Largetooth Flounder Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton 1822) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A greenish or brownish left-eyed flounder with a large dark blotch at front of the straight part of the lateral line and a second midway to the tail, often with large dark spots or rings that are sometimes encircled with small whitish spots, and small dark brown spots on the fins.
  • Leopard Flounder Leopard Flounder Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell 1830) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Bothus A brownish to greyish left-eyed flounder with dark spots and dark-edged pale spots and florets on the eyed-side, and a large dark blotch on the straight section of the lateral line towards the rear of the body. Males have elongate pectoral fins used in territorial and courtship displays.  Video of a Leopard Flounder in the Red Sea.
  • Blotched Flounder Blotched Flounder Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker 1866) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Asterorhombus A brown mottled flounder with three rows of pale black-edged spots - along the lateral line, and along the dorsal and ventral body margins, and an elongate first dorsal-fin ray separated from the rest of the fin with a narrow fringed membrane along the outer half to two-thirds of the ray.
  • No Photo Available Yellow Largescale Flounder Brachypleura novaezeelandiae Günther 1862 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Citharidae > Brachypleura
  • Longlure Flounder Longlure Flounder Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & Randall 2003 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Asterorhombus This pale brown flounder is covered in a finely mottled pattern of pale and dark spots and larger dark-edged brown blotches, and with dark blotches or short bars separated by white spots on the bases of dorsal and anal fins. The first dorsal-fin ray is elongate and separated from the rest of the dorsal fin. It comprises a central stalk and a narrow-smooth-edged membrane., and is used as a lure to attract prey of small fishes and crustaceans.
  • Branchray Flounder Branchray Flounder Citharoides macrolepidotus Hubbs 1915 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Citharidae > Citharoides A brownish left-eyed flounder with a conspicuous spot at the rear of the dorsal and anal fin bases, dark blotches on the dorsal and anal fins, and a rounded caudal fin. The pectoral fin rays on the eyed-side are branched except for the upper 2-3 rays and the lower first ray. All pectoral-fin rays on the blind side are unbranched.
  • Fison's Flounder Fison's Flounder Arnoglossus fisoni Ogilby 1898 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus A sandy-grey flounder with numerous small, darker ocelli on the eyed-side, a narrow yellowish band along the base of the interspinous rays of the dorsal and anal fins running parallel with the upper and lower profiles of the body, and small darker and lighter spots on the fins.
  • Angler Flatfish Angler Flatfish Asterorhombus cocosensis (Bleeker 1855) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Asterorhombus A flounder with an elongate first-dorsal-fin ray comprised of a bare stalk and a leaf-like membrane distally on ray - thought to resemble a shrimp or small fish. The Angler Flatfish is pale brown and finely mottled with paler and darker spots, and larger widely spaced blackish blotches (surrounded by small white dots).
  • Deep Flounder Deep Flounder Pseudorhombus elevatus Ogilby 1912 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Paralichthyidae > Pseudorhombus A relatively deep-bodied brownish flounder with a dark blotch at the junction of the straight and curved parts of the lateral line, a smaller blotch on the lateral line on the rear of the body and another on the anterior end of the caudal peduncle, dark rings following the dorsal and ventral profiles, and small dark spots and elongate markings on the median fins.
  • No Photo Available Threespot Righteye Flounder Samariscus triocellatus Woods 1960 Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Samaridae > Samariscus Samariscus triocellatus is a small slender righteye flounder with a mottled brown body and three dark-edged ocelli along the lateral line. It usually lives on rubble and sandy bottoms of coral reefs. As it slowly moves across the bottom, it is well camouflaged to resemble a flatworm, sometimes waving its black pectoral fin.
  • Arnoglossus dalgleishi (von Bonde 1922) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus Identifying features: Dorsal and anal fins with a regular series of dark blotches; first 3 rays of pelvic fin on eyed side dark; first 3 dorsal-fin rays dark; mouth large, upper jaw extending beyond middle of eye. .
  • Australian Halibut Australian Halibut Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider 1801) Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Psettodidae > Psettodes A brown or greyish flatfish sometimes with four broad, dark bars across the upper side, a blackish margin on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins, and sometimes the blind side is partly pigmented. The mouth is large with numerous canine teeth in the jaws.
  • Striate Anglerfish Striate Anglerfish Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) Actinopterygii > Lophiiformes > Antennariidae > Antennarius An ambush predator with a very long lure that resembles a marine worm. Although individuals vary greatly in colour and form, most have zebra-like markings and skin covered in long filamentous appendages. Fantastic footage of Striate Anglerfish spawning A Striate Anglerfish (aka Hairy Frogfish) eating a flounder, Engyprosopon grandisquama . A pair of Striate Anglerfish 'walking' over the seafloor in Indonesia. Slow motion footage of a Striate Anglerfish feeding.
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