Psettodidae

Indian halibut

Psettodes erumei

Spiny rays before dorsal fins

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Psettodes erumei, commonly known as the Indian halibut or adalah, is a species of flounder found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to northern Australia. Like other members of its family, it is regarded as one of the most primitive flatfish, having a thicker, less compressed body and a migrated eye that is at the edge of the head rather than fully on top. The adalah differs from its relatives, such as Psettodes belcheri, by having spiny rays in front of the dorsal fins.