Species: Trichopsetta caribbaea, Caribbean Flounder

Trichopsetta caribbaea Anderson & Gutherz, 1967

Caribbean Flounder

Body oval; snout concave on upper side; eyes on left side of head, close together, with a spineless crest between them; mouth moderate length, ends under middle of eye, 32-45% of head length; teeth small, pointed, almost entirely on blind side jaws; 9-11 long, slender lower gill rakers; dorsal origin in front of top eye, dorsal rays 95-103; anal rays 75-82; pectoral fin on both sides, rays not branched, eye-side fin shorter than blind-side fin; eye side pelvic with base about equal to that of blind side fin, situated on body midline, its origin slightly behind that of blind side fin and well behind lower eye; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye; 69-79 lateral line scales.

Brown; 4-6 dark semicircular marks or spots along upper and lower body profiles; several dark spots along lateral line.

Reaches 20 cm.

Soft bottoms.

Depth range: 70-387 m.

The central Caribbean to Suriname.