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Citharidae
Scale-eyed flounder
Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis
Citharid Fish beneath the Pacific Ocean
Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis, the scale-eyed flounder, is a species of citharid flounder found in the western Pacific Ocean, where it is found at depths from 310 to 428 m (1,017 to 1,404 ft). This species grows to a total length of 36 cm (14 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Citharidae
- Genus
- Lepidoblepharon
- Maximum length
- 36 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Japan to the Kei Islands, Arafura Sea (Indonesia).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient

