Bothidae

Lefteye flounders
	Scaldfish, Arnoglossus laterna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Bothidae; Smitt, 1892
Type genus
	Bothus; Rafinesque, 1810
Genera
	Arnoglossus; Asterorhombus; Bothus; Chascanopsetta; Crossorhombus; Engyophrys; Engyprosopon; Grammatobothus; Japonolaeops; Kamoharaia; Laeops; Lophonectes; Monolene; Neolaeops; Parabothus; Perissias; Psettina; Taeniopsetta; Tosarhombus; Trichopsetta

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.^[1] The family is also distinguished by the presence of spines on the snout and near the eyes.^[2]

Lefteye flounders vary considerably in size between the more than 160 species, ranging from 4.5 cm (1.8 in) to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length.^[2]

Scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) larva
Wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas
Laeops macrophthalmus
Monolene atrimana
Deepwater flounder, Monolene sessilicauda
Sash flounder, Trichopsetta ventralis

References

↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bothidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
1 2 Chapleau, Francois & Amaoka, Kunio (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

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[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bothidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.

[EoF-2] 1 2 Chapleau, Francois & Amaoka, Kunio (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 224–225. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

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