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  • body deep
    notch before lower eye
    front edge top eye over rear edge lower eye
    body: blue rings
    D 91-99; A 70-76
    Bothus lunatus, Peacock flounder
    9 lower gill rakers
    male pectoral top rays not v long
    LL arched, 83-95
  • body not v deep
    profile convex before lower eye
    front edge top eye over center lower eye
    body: blue rings
    D 90-105; A 70-80
    Bothus maculiferus, Mottled flounder
    7 lower gill rakers
    male pectoral - v long top rays
    LL arched, 82-83
  • body deep
    eyes large
    D 76-91; A 58-68
    Bothus ocellatus, Eyed flounder
    C 2 spots, 1 beside other
    LL arched, 70-78
  • body deep
    eyes large
    D 78-90; A 59-68
    Bothus robinsi, Twospot flounder
    C 2 spots, 1 behind other
    LL arched, 70-71
  • body depth ~34% SL
    top jaw 60% head, to just past lower eye
    4-8 short, moveable gill rakers
    Chascanopsetta danae, Angry pelican flounder
  • body depth 25-33% SL
    top jaw 70% head, to well past lower eye
    gill rakers: 0 to 1-2 rudiments
    Chascanopsetta lugubris, Pelican flounder
  • eyes with tentacles, close together, spiny crest between
    D 78-83; A 60-67
    LL - 3 dark rosettes, central biggest
    Engyophrys senta, Speckled-tail flounder, Spiny flounder
    mouth small
    4-7 short lower gill rakers
    pelvic bases ~equal
    LL arched
  • head pointed
    D 119-125; pectoral 11-15
    C large dark blotch
    Monolene atrimana, Longfinned deepwater flounder, Blackfinned deepwater flounder
    gill rakers short, stout
    pectoral long, black, lower rays < top rays
    LL arched
  • head blunt
    D 88-94; pectoral 17-19
    C 2 dark ovals
    Monolene megalepis, Spottedfin deepwater flounder
    pectoral: short, bottom rays =/> top rays
    LL arched
  • head pointed
    D 92-109; pectoral 11-14
    C transverse oval blotch
    Monolene sessilicauda, Deepwater flounder
    gill rakers long & slender
    pectoral short, barred, lower rays < top rays
    LL arched
  • D 95-103
    A 75-82
    each body profile: 4-6 dark semicircles/spots
    Trichopsetta caribbaea, Carribbean flounder
    LL arched, 69-79
  • end curved LL - round spot
    front male A: dark blotch
    blind-side dusky
    LL 84-94
    Trichopsetta melasma, Spot-fin sash flounder
    lower gill rakers: slender, 9-11
    pectorals: eye-side > blind-side
  • head: 2 black grooves
    pectorals: eye-side 2X blind side
    pectoral barred
    LL 78-80
    Trichopsetta orbisulcus, Furrowed sash flounder
    lower gill rakers: 7-8 short, stout
    male: front D black
  • D 89-95; A 69-75
    dark blotch -front straight LL
    dark spot: LL origin & pectoral base
    Trichopsetta ventralis, Sash flounder
    male A: front dark blotch
    male: blind side pelvic - v long rays
    LL arched, 63-68