smallheaded flounder
Laeops parviceps
- Usual depth46–229 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
Loading the map
Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 46–229 m · Deepest record: 267 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- smallheaded flounder, Smallhead Flounder
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Yarigarei, ヤリガレイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 半邊魚, 小頭左鮃, 扁魚, 比目魚, 皇帝魚
Similar species
- Clear Fin-base Flounder
Laeops clarus
- Imperial scaldfish
Arnoglossus imperialis
- Megrim
Arnoglossus scapha
Tropical flounderBothus mancus
Leopard flounderBothus pantherinus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 36 open-data records from 1909 to 2015.
Log what you see on your next dive
The free DiveHive diver app keeps your logbook with every sighting and shows what lives at the site you dive next.