Cartwright's Flounder
Pseudorhombus dupliciocellatus
- Usual depth42–108 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust, September, and October
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 32 records
- February: 36 records
- March: 15 records
- April: 33 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 88 records
- July: 40 records
- August: 196 records
- September: 244 records
- October: 276 records
- November: 48 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 42–108 m · Deepest record: 317.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cartwright's Flounder, fourspot flounder, Four-spot Flounder, Ocellated Flounder, Three Twin-spot Flounder, Three Twinspot Flounder
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Megarei, メガレイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 半邊魚, 扁魚, 比目魚, 皇帝魚, 重點斑鮃, 雙瞳斑鮃
Other scientific names: Platophrys palad, Pseudorhombus cartwrighti, Pseudorhombus dupliocellatus
Similar species
- Largetooth flounder
Pseudorhombus arsius
- Deep flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
- Javanese flounder
Pseudorhombus javanicus
- Malayan Flounder
Pseudorhombus malayanus
- Bigeye Flounder
Pseudorhombus megalops
- fivespot flounder
Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus
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).
- 1,189 open-data records from 1905 to 2022.
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