| Ref. principal | Desoutter, M., 2003 |
| Aparência refere-se a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órgãos especializados | |
| aparência diferente | |
| cores diferentes | |
| Notas |
| Características determinantes | flatfish |
| Forma lateral do corpo (shape guide) | other (see Diagnosis |
| Secção transversal | flattened |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | clearly convex |
| Tipo de olhos | other (see Diagnosis) |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | other (see Diagnosis) |
| Posição da boca | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Tipo de balança | |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: flat and asymmetric body; eyes located on right side of head, except in reversed individuals; preopercle covered by skin and opercle entirely scaled; mouth small, more or less arched and inferior; dorsal and anal fins lacking spinous rays and separated from caudal fin; dorsal fin originating on upper edge of mouth; pectoral fins absent; pelvic fins asymmetrical, the one on eyed side united to anal fin; lateral line straight along each side; body covered with ctenoid scales (Ref. 57416). Description: anterior profile widely rounded, ending in very broad, slightly prominent snout that is extended ventrally into long hook-shaped appendix; eyes small, dorsal eye widely separated from head profile; eyed side with single nostril, anterior being simple tube, left side with two close-set nostrils located above mouth, anterior represented by tube ending in slightly enlarged and rosette-shaped opening (Ref. 57416). Colouration: eyed side yellowish, mottled with brownish-black and a number of irregular, paler spots scattered over its entire surface; in some specimens there is series of brown spots at bases of dorsal and anal fins; these fins always comprise some odd blackish rays (Ref. 57416). |
| Facilidade de identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 1 interrompido: No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | |
| Escamas em séries laterais | |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | |
| Barbilhões | |
| Fissuras branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | |
| Raios branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | |
| no membro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total |
| Atributos | extending over most of the back length |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| No. de pínulas | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Total de espinhos | 0 - 0 |
| Total de raios moles | 104 - 113 |
| Barbatana adiposa | absent |
| Atributos | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | 0 - 0 |
| Total de raios moles | 72 - 74 |
| Peitoral | Atributos absent |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles | |
| Pélvica | Atributos other (see Diagnosis) |
| posição jugular behind origin of D1 | |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles |