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Bothidae
Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.
Bothus podas
species of fish
Scaldfish
The scaldfishes comprise a genus, Arnoglossus, of lefteye flounders. They are found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They are entirely absent from most of the Americas; the only exceptions are A. coeruleosticta and A. multirastris found off Chile. The genus include both species found in shallow and deeper water. The largest species reaches .
Bothus
Bothus is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Some species in this genus have spots consisting of blue rings.
Peacock flounder
species of fish
Leopard flounder
species of fish
Arnoglossus imperialis
species of fish
plate fish
species of fish
eyed flounder
species of fish
Crested flounder
species of fish
Kamoharaia megastoma
species of fish
Asterorhombus
Asterorhombus is a genus of lefteye flounders native to the Indo-Pacific. These small flatfishes only reach in length.
Twospot flounder
species of fish
Neolaeops microphthalmus
species of fish
Engyprosopon xenandrus
species of fish
Chascanopsetta prorigera
species of fish
Monolene
Monolene, the deepwater lefteye flounders, is a genus of small, mainly deepwater flatfish from the Atlantic and East Pacific.
Japonolaeops dentatus
species of fish
Monolene atrimana
species of fish
Engyprosopon
Engyprosopon is a genus of small lefteye flounders. They are found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from shallow coastal waters to depths in excess of .
Parabothus chlorospilus
species of fish
Parabothus coarctatus
species of fish
Laeops
Laeops is a genus of small lefteye flounders from the Indo-Pacific. They are mainly found in deep water, although a few species have been recorded shallower than .
Grammatobothus
Grammatobothus is a genus of small flatfish native to the Indo-Pacific.
Perissias taeniopterus
species of fish
Chascanopsetta crumenalis
species of fish
Chascanopsetta
Chascanopsetta is a genus of flatfish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders) found in deeper parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans with a single species, C. lugubris also occurring in the Atlantic Ocean. It contains ten member species.
Psettina
Psettina is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the Indo-Pacific.
Trichopsetta
Trichopsetta is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
Engyophrys
Engyophrys is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the oceans around the Americas.
Lophonectes
Lophonectes is a genus of small lefteye flounders found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand.
Crossorhombus
Crossorhombus is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the Indian and West Pacific Oceans.
Taeniopsetta
Taeniopsetta is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the Indo-Pacific at depths of .
Parabothus
Parabothus is a genus of fish in the family Bothidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Tosarhombus
Tosarhombus is a genus of small lefteye flounders native to the western Indian and western Pacific Oceans at depths of .