Species: Bothus lunatus, Peacock flounder

Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peacock flounder

Body a deep oval, its depth 54-59% of SL; front profile with distinct notch before lower eye; space between eyes flat and much wider than eye (especially in male), lower eye well before upper, front edge of upper over rear edge of lower; eye diameter <23% of head length and shorter than snout; eyes with poorly developed tentacles in adult; mouth small, ends under front half of eye; teeth small, on both sides of both jaws; 8-10 (usually 9) lower gill rakers; dorsal rays 91-99; anal rays 70-76; pectoral rays not branched, eye-side fin 11-12, upper rays not greatly elongate in male; eye-side pelvic fin with origin under lower eye, with much longer base, situated on body midline, its origin before that of blind-side fin; lateral-line scales 83-95; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye.