| Ref. principal | Desoutter, M., 2003 |
| Aparência refere-se a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órgãos especializados | |
| aparência diferente | |
| cores diferentes | |
| Notas |
| Características determinantes | flatfish |
| Forma lateral do corpo | other (see Diagnosis |
| Secção transversal | flattened |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | clearly convex |
| Tipo de olhos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | more or less normal |
| Posição da boca | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: body oval, elongate, flat and asymmetric (Ref. 57416), hind part tapering (Ref. 4710). Eyes located on right side of head, except in reversed individuals (Ref. 57416). Upper eye its own diameter or more from dorsal profile of head; anterior nostril on blind side not enlarged; anterior nostril on eyed side with backward-pointing tube not reaching front border of lower eye (Ref. 4710). Preopercle covered by skin and opercle entirely scaled; mouth arched and inferior; dorsal and anal fins lacking spinous rays and confluent with caudal fin, no distinct caudal peduncle; last dorsal and anal rays not shorter than preceding rays and broadly united to outer caudal rays; dorsal fin originating on anterior profile of head; pectoral fins present on both sides with 6-10 rays; straight part of lateral line visible, supratemporal part slightly arched above eyes; body covered with ctenoid scales (Ref. 57416). Description: lower lip ornamented with cirri (Ref. 57416). Colouration: eyed side greyish-brown, with irregular black spots tending to form longitudinal series; these spots are better developed along lateral line (Ref. 4710, 57416). Dorsal and anal fins of same colour as body; pectoral fin darker near tip; blind side whitish (Ref. 57416). |
| Facilidade de identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 1 interrompido: No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | 100 - 123 |
| Escamas em séries laterais | |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | |
| Barbilhões | |
| Fissuras branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | |
| Raios branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | |
| no membro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total |
| Atributos | extending over most of the back length |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| No. de pínulas | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Total de espinhos | 0 - 0 |
| Total de raios moles | 73 - 83 |
| Barbatana adiposa | absent |
| Atributos | more or less truncate; confluent |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | 0 - 0 |
| Total de raios moles | 57 - 67 |
| Peitoral | Atributos more or less normal |
| espinhos 0 | |
| Raios moles 6 - 10 | |
| Pélvica | Atributos |
| posição | |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles |