Depth range
States & territories
- Queensland(6)
- Western Australia(4)
- New South Wales(3)
- Northern Territory(1)
- Christmas Island(1)
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands(1)
- Coral Sea Islands(1)
GeoZone
- Great Barrier Reef(6)
- NW coast(4)
- Central E coast(3)
- N coast(3)
- Gulf of Carpentaria(1)
- Central W coast(1)
- SE coastal(1)
- SE oceanic(1)
- W oceanic(1)
- Lower E coast(1)
- Lower W coast(1)
- NE coast(1)
Habitat & ecology
- continental shelf(6)
- benthic(6)
- coral reef(2)
- soft bottom(2)
- continental slope(1)
- sandy bottom(1)
- rubble bottom(1)
- marine(1)
Localities/regions
IMCRA Bioregions
- Northwest Shelf Transition(1)
- Northwest Shelf Province(1)
- Lord Howe Province(1)
- Christmas Island Province(1)
- Northeast Shelf Province(1)
- Northeast Shelf Transition(1)
Conservation Status
Biology
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Dwarf Lefteye Flounder
Arnoglossus tenuis
Günther 1880
Actinopterygii > Pleuronectiformes > Bothidae > Arnoglossus
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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.
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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 .
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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 .
- 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.
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