Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 76 - 85; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 58 - 63. Males with ocular flap on each eye, red-spotted, and with a smooth, indented or scalloped margin; with orbital spines and a rostral spine on ocular side; are darkly pigmented on blind side. Sexual dimorphism in 3 morphometric characters exists: interorbital width, length of pectoral and pelvic fins on ocular side. Gill rakers elongate. Ctenoid scales on ocular side, cycloid on blind side. 2nd pectoral fin ray of ocular side much longer than the rest.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Engyprosopon

Species: Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan, 1908)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms, occasionally in vicinity of reefs (Ref. 90102).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless