Species: Ancylopsetta cycloidea, Cyclope Flounder

Ancylopsetta cycloidea Tyler, 1959

Cyclope Flounder

Body deep; eyes on left side; upper margin of head concave before eye; teeth small, conical, 1 row on jaws, equally developed on blind and eyed sides; lower gill rakers 6-9; dorsal fin origin ~over or slightly before top eye, 1st ray short, next 2 long, front 6 rays with prominent fleshy projections at tips, dorsal rays 62-84; pelvic fins symmetrically positioned on belly, short bases, eye-side fin more or less than twice as long as blind side fin, base of neither fin on body midline; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, fin larger on eye side; urinary papilla on eye-side, anus on blind side; lateral line well developed on both sides, strongly arched over pectoral fin, with a branch under lower eye; scales on eye side smooth to touch (but with tiny serrations).

Brown, 3 large ocelli in a triangle on eye side, rear ocellus is on lateral line just before tail base; blind side pale.

Reaches 25 cm.

Lives on soft bottoms.

Depth range: 70-304 m.

Honduras to Guyana.