Species: Chascanopsetta danae, Angry Pelican Flounder
top jaw 60% head, to just past lower eye
4-8 short, moveable gill rakers

Chascanopsetta danae Bruun, 1937
Angry Pelican Flounder
Body slender (depth ~34% SL), tapering; head ~23% SL, front profile smooth, little or no notch before upper eye; eyes on left side of head; eyes close-set, separated by < eye diameter; lower eye not before top eye; eye diameter 26% of head length; mouth very large, top jaw 60% head length, ends just behind rear edge of eye; teeth small, on both sides of both jaws; gill rakers short, moveable, 4-8; dorsal fin ~125, origin well before top eye; pectoral rays not branched; anal fin ~89; pectoral 14, eye side pectoral larger than blind side fin; eye-side pelvic fin with origin under lower eye, with much longer base, situated on body midline, its origin before that of blind-side; lateral line on eye side only, with distinct arch over eye side pectoral fin, no branch under lower eye; scales small, smooth, lateral line ~140.
Eye side pale brown, covered with small spots; 3 dark blotches on straight part of LL, center blotch largest, other two inconspicuous; peritoneum black.
Reaches 32.8 cm
Lives on deep soft bottoms.
Depth range: 160-585 m.
N Carolina to the central Caribbean.

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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- 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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- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends North of GC
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 32.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 160
- Depth Range Max
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- 585