| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Paralichthyidae | Ancylopsetta dilecta | (Goode and Bean) | 1883 | Three-eye Flounder |
Ancylopsetta dilecta
Unique Characters: Three large, ocellated, dark spots on body; arranged in triangular pattern on ocular side, with posterior ocellus on lateral line; no spot above curved portion of lateral line. Anterior rays of dorsal and pelvic fins in adults elongated. Origin of dorsal fin over or slightly anterior to front of eyes. Dorsal profile of head with a concavity in front of upper eye. Lateral line distinctly arched above pectoral fin on ocular side and prolonged below inferior eye. Pelvic fins symmetrically or nearly symmetrically placed on either side of midventral line (base of neither pelvic fin on midventral line). Urinary papilla on ocular side. Branched caudal-fin rays 13. Pelvic-fin rays of ocular side in adults longer than rays of blind side. Lower-limb gill rakers on first arch 6-9. Dorsal-fin rays 62-84. Scales on eyed side ctenoid.
Similar Species:
Shrimp Flounder
Gastropsetta frontalis
Ocellated Flounder
Ancylopsetta quadrocellata
Shrimp Flounder Gastropsetta frontalis. Four large ocellated spots on ocular side; anterior spot above curved portion of lateral line, posterior ocelli arranged in triangle with 2 (one above the other) in midbody and the third located on the lateral line caudally. Anterior rays of dorsal fin in adults slightly elongated. Origin of dorsal fin over or slightly anterior to front of eyes. Dorsal profile of head with a concavity in front of upper eye. Lateral line distinctly arched above pectoral fin on ocular side and prolonged below inferior eye. Pelvic fins symmetrically or nearly symmetrically placed on either side of midventral line (base of neither pelvic fin on midventral line). Urinary papilla on ocular side. Branched caudal-fin rays 13. Pelvic-fin rays of ocular side in adults longer than rays of blind side. Lower-limb gill rakers on first arch 6-9. Dorsal-fin rays 62-84. Scales on eyed side ctenoid.
Occelated Flounder Ancylopsetta quadrocellata. Four large ocellated spots on ocular side; anterior spot above curved portion of lateral line, posterior ocelli arranged in triangle with 2 (one above the other) in midbody and the third located on the lateral line caudally. Anterior rays of dorsal fin in adults slightly elongated. Origin of dorsal fin over or slightly anterior to front of eyes. Dorsal profile of head with a concavity in front of upper eye. Lateral line distinctly arched above pectoral fin on ocular side and prolonged below inferior eye. Pelvic fins symmetrically or nearly symmetrically placed on either side of midventral line (base of neither pelvic fin on midventral line). Urinary papilla on ocular side. Branched caudal-fin rays 13. Pelvic-fin rays of ocular side in adults longer than rays of blind side. Lower-limb gill rakers on first arch 6-9. Dorsal-fin rays 62-84. Scales on eyed side ctenoid.
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