Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 83 - 98; Anal soft rays: 65 - 77; Vertebrae: 41 - 42. Body with a large dark spot posteriorly on the base of both the dorsal and anal fins and with elongated anterior rays in the dorsal fin.

Common Names

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Crested flounder , English , Papua New Guinea

Flounder , English , Malaysia

Large-crested lefteye flounder , English , Malaysia

Large-crested lefteye flounder , English , Global

Largecrest lefteye flounder , English , Australia

Largecrested lefteye flounder , English , Australia

Niten-nagadarumagarei , Japanese , Japan

Sebelah , Malay , Malaysia

Sebelah dwitompok , Malay , Malaysia

長冠羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

长冠羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dapang bilog , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Arnoglossus

Species: Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock, 1889

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Red Sea, through the northern Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, north to southern Japan and south to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia. Report from Madagascar needs confirmation.

Biology

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Inhabits sand, mud, and gravel bottoms (Ref. 9824). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 8924).

Habitat

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demersal