| Family: |
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders) |
| Max. size: |
12 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 50 - 275 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Formosa Strait, northern part of the South China Sea. Possibly occurring in the Western Central Pacific. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79-86; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 59-67. Tip of isthmus below middle of lower eye. Scales on ocular side ctenoid, armed with a row of hairlike spines. Caudal fin with 3 simple rays on upper and lower margins respectively. Pectoral fin elongated into a filament, longer than head. Caudal fin without a dark band. In male, body on blind side stained with dark-blue except for head, interorbital width broader and pectoral fin longer than in female. |
| Biology: |
Lives on sand and shell bottoms and feeds on bottom-living animals. Sexually dimorphic characters develop at about 5 cm SL. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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