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Eyed Flounder

Bothus ocellatus

Classification

Family
Bothidae

The eyed flounder (Bothus ocellatus) is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). The species is found on or near the sandy seabed in relatively shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Description The eyed flounder is a flattened, disc-shaped fish which grows to a maximum length of 18 cm (7 in) but a more typical size is 12 cm (5 in).

Distribution

Jeffrey T. Williams · CC0
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 119Brazil · 69France · 36Mexico · 18Netherlands · 10Canada · 1