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three-eye flounder (Ancylopsetta dilecta)
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three-eye flounder (Ancylopsetta dilecta) specimen
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Paralichthyidae

three-eye flounder

Ancylopsetta dilecta

White rings encircle all three ocelli

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

three-eye flounder is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in coastal waters.

Maximum length
25 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Yucatan in Mexico; reported to extend to Suriname (Ref. 13608 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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