Bothidae

eyed flounder

Bothus ocellatus

Eyed flatfish lying on Atlantic sand

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

The eyed flounder (Bothus ocellatus) is a species of fish in the family Bothidae (lefteye flounders). The species is found on or near the sandy seabed in relatively shallow waters in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.