Species: Paralichthys tropicus, Tropical Flounder
large mouth, 1 row canines both jaws

Paralichthys tropicus Ginsburg, 1933
Tropical Flounder
Body oval, elongate (43-48% of SL); eyes on left side, relatively small; space between eyes flat, and narrower than an eye; upper profile of head slightly concave above eyes; mouth large, ends behind rear edge of lower eye; teeth are large canines, in a single row on each jaw; 10-13 lower gill rakers; dorsal rays 69-80, its origin slightly before front edge of top eye, front rays not elongated; 57-64 anal rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, eye-side fin short (not reaching to straight part of lateral line) and rounded, 11 rays; bases of pelvics symmetric, base of neither fin on body midline; urinary papilla on eye side, immediately behind level of anus; tail fin with a blunt point; eye-side scales smooth and small, 95-98 on lateral line; lateral line well developed on both sides, extending onto head, with branches to upper eye and below lower eye, strongly arched over pectoral fin.
Eye side brown; body and dorsal, anal and tail fins with asymmetric eye-sized ocellated spots, plus smaller dark and light spots.
Size: 50 cm.
Habitat: mud and sandy bottoms.
Depth: 1-183 m.
The SW to SE Caribbean, also in Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Beach
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 50
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 183