Depth range
States & territories
- Christmas Island(2)
- Western Australia(2)
- Queensland(2)
- New South Wales(1)
- Norfolk Island(1)
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands(1)
- Coral Sea Islands(1)
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands(1)
GeoZone
Habitat & ecology
Localities/regions
IMCRA Bioregions
- Lord Howe Province(1)
- Christmas Island Province(1)
- Northwest Shelf Transition(1)
- Northeast Shelf Transition(1)
- Northeast Shelf Province(1)
- Northwest Shelf Province(1)
Biology
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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.
- 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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