Tongue Flatfish

Feebly pigmented snout, presence of supratemporal branch on lateral line of ocular side and medial dark pigmented spot on mandible and intermandibular area (Ref. 37532); lateral line on blind side absent; gill rakers on ocular side 3-6 + 7-13; caudal vertebrae 27-28; lateral-line scales on the ocular side 59-68; D 68-73, A 52-57, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 8-10; caudal-fin rays 16-17; large ocelli on ocular side; pectoral-fin plain black or pale with black spots (Ref. 122002).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 66 - 72; Analsoft rays: 51 - 57

Feeds on small benthic animals.

Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 11230). Rare. Feeds on small benthic animals.

fisheries: of no interest

分布於西太平洋區，由日本、台灣至澳洲。台灣產於北部海域。

較罕見之魚種，偶為底拖網捕獲。

體橢圓形，側扁；兩眼均在右側，眼間隔凹平。吻鈍圓。頭小，下半部圓滑。眼間隔窄，具鱗片；吻端和眼睛上半部裸露。口小，傾斜，對稱，上頜達眼前1/4處；齒小呈圓錐狀。鰓耙呈梳狀。 兩側被圓鱗，尾鰭後緣被鱗片，其餘鰭裸露；側線筆直狀但在胸鰭處上揚。背鰭起點在眼之前，軟條數64-75；臀鰭軟條數49-55；胸鰭僅眼側有，軟條數8-10；尾鰭尖圓形。體黃褐色，在背，腹鰭緣有5對斑點，胸鰭前方有一黑斑，沿側線有2-3個黑斑，奇鰭和腹鰭淺褐色，鰭末稍灰白色，背，臀鰭膜上有6個斑點，胸鰭灰黑色具黑點；盲側體前半部白色，後半部灰褐色或黑色，奇鰭灰白色。

近海砂質底床底棲魚類，棲息深度可達150公尺左右。肉食性魚類，多靜伏在海床上，伺機捕食甲殼類、貝類及小型魚類。