Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 77 - 84; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 55 - 62. Distinguished from all other Micronesian genera by having a nearly continuous bony ridge extending from the anterior margin of the lower eye to the posterior margin of the upper eye, and a narrow interorbital space, always greater than the greatest eye diameter.

Common Names

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Lippar-lippar , Carolinian , Micronesia

Mesapaliy , Carolinian , Micronesia

Blotched flounder , English , Australia

Intermediate flounder , English , Australia

Intermediate flounder , English , Malaysia

Intermediate flounder , English , Papua New Guinea

Intermediate flounder , English , Global

Large-scale flounder , English , Indonesia

Rug-body flounder , English , Malaysia

Seitenbirame , Japanese , Japan

Sebelah , Malay , Malaysia

Sebelah rintik , Malay , Malaysia

中間羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

中間角鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

中间羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

中间角鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇帝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

間星羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

间星羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dapang bilog , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Asterorhombus

Species: Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker, 1865)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to the Indo-Australian Archipelago.

Biology

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Inhabits sand and mud bottoms. Active during the day (Ref. 48637). Feeds on bottom-living animals. Also caught by divers.

Habitat

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associated