Species: Gastropsetta frontalis, Shrimp Flounder

Gastropsetta frontalis Bean, 1895

Shrimp Flounder

Body deep; eyes on left side; upper margin of head smoothly convex; teeth small, conical, 1 row on jaws, equally developed on blind and eyed sides; gill rakers short and thick, 3-6+6-9; origin of dorsal fin well before upper eye, between it and lower eye; dorsal rays 58-65, front rays elongated; anal fin 46-53 rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, fin larger on eye side; pelvic fins symmetrically positioned on belly, short bases, eye-side fin about twice as long as blind side fin, base of neither fin on body midline; urinary papilla on eyed-side, anus on blind side; lateral line well developed on both sides, strongly arched over pectoral fin, with branch under lower eye; scales smooth and imbedded on eye side; 95-112 on lateral line.

Brown with 3 ocelli on eye-side, one near top edge of body above pectoral, a pair on midbody on either side of lateral line; several dark lines between eyes.

Reaches 25 cm.

Depth range: 35-212 m.

Lives on soft bottoms.

N Carolina to S Caribbean.