Species: Ancylopsetta antillarum, Antilles Flounder

Ancylopsetta antillarum Gutherz, 1966

Antilles Flounder

Body deep; eyes on left side; upper margin of head concave before eye; teeth small, conical, 1 row on jaws, equally developed on blind and eyed sides; lower gill rakers 8-12; dorsal fin origin ~over or slightly before top eye, 1st 2 rays short, next 3 long (may be longer or shorter than head), then succeeding rays short, of uniform size, front rays without prominent fleshy projections at tips, dorsal rays 62-72, 29-34 rays between origin of fin and center of upper ocellus; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, larger on eye side; pelvics 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, branch under lower eye; scales on eye side rough to touch, serrations well developed.

Brown; 3 large ocelli in a triangle on eye side in adult (not ocellated in small fish), rear ocellus, rectangular, on lateral line just before tail base; ocelli have thin pale rings around black outer ring; blind side dark, although less obvious in big fish.

Reaches 36 cm.

Lives on soft bottoms.

Depth range: 200-458 m.

Bahamas to the northwest and east Caribbean.