Flowery Flounder (Bothus mancus)

Also known as Flounder, Flower Flounder, Manyray Flatfish, Peacock Flounder, Tropical Flounder

Description

Also known as Flounder, Flower Flounder, Manyray Flatfish, Peacock Flounder, Tropical Flounder.

Found singly, during the day over shallow sandy bottoms, moving out into the open at night, hunting for food over coastal reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and fish.
Length - 42cm
Depth - 0-150m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Flatfish, Soles and Flounders are placed in their families by location of their eyes. Their are both left eye and right eye dominant families.
Flatfish bury themselves in sand to hide from predators and use their eyes as periscopes as these can rotate 180 degrees.
During pelagic larval stage these fish are not flat but become so as they grow, their bodies flatten, and one eye migrates across the head next to the other eye. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Bothus-mancus

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