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  • head pointed
    D 119-125; pectoral 11-15
    C large dark blotch
    Monolene atrimana, Longfinned Deepwater Flounder, Blackfin 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 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