Species: Bothus maculiferus, Mottled Flounder
profile convex before lower eye
body: blue rings

Bothus maculiferus (Poey, in Jordan & Goss, 1860)
Mottled Flounder
Body oval, its depth 50-55% of SL; front profile convex, without distinct notch; space between eyes flat and much wider than eye (especially in male), lower eye well before upper, front edge of upper over center of lower; eye diameter <23% of head length and shorter than snout; eyes with well developed tentacles in adult; mouth moderate, ends under front half of eye; teeth small, on both sides of both jaws; 6-8 (usually 7) lower gill rakers; dorsal rays 90-105; anal rays 70-80; pectoral rays not branched, eye-side fin 8-10, male with upper rays greatly elongate (to tail base) on eye side; 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 82-83; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye.
Body pale grey, with scattered pale blue to gold rings on body; a dark blotch behind lateral line arch and a larger one on the lateral line at about mid-body.
Size: reaches 25 cm.
Habitat: sand bottoms and seagrass flats.
Depth: 0-102 m.
Bermuda to Brazil.
Note: Bothus ellipticus from Cuba is a synonym.

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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
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- 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 + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 25
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 102