Combscale Flounder

Psettina gigantea

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth73–166 m
Water temperature17–29 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 3 records
March: 3 records
April: 1 records
May: 4 records
June: 8 records
July: 1 records
August: 8 records
September: 10 records
October: 22 records
November: 0 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 73–166 m · Deepest record: 192.9 m

30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 5 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 5 records
120–130 m: 5 records
130–140 m: 10 records
140+ m: 12 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C

16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 39 records
28–30 °C: 7 records

Names and classification

English: Combscale Flounder

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ソコダルマガレイ
Simplified Chinese: 半邊魚, 大鰜鮃, 扁魚, 比目魚, 皇帝魚, 長鰜鮃

Other scientific names: Psettina gigantia

Similar species

Fowler’s Variegated Flounder
Psettina variegata
Imperial scaldfish
Arnoglossus imperialis
Megrim
Arnoglossus scapha
Tropical flounder
Bothus mancus
Leopard flounder
Bothus pantherinus
Largescale flounder
Engyprosopon grandisquama

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).
87 open-data records from 1960 to 2011.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.

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