Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae Lefteye flounders

Genus: Monolene

(See list of species below)



Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)



11 species
(see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 11.8 cm NG
Monolene antillarum Norman, 1933

Photo by Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Monolene antillarum
[Slim flounder]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Monolene asaedae Clark, 1936

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Monolene asaedae
[Asaedae flounder]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Western Central Atlantic.

Monolene atrimana Goode & Bean, 1886

Photo by Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Monolene atrimana
[]
No picture found


 
Monolene danae
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Monolene dubiosa Garman, 1899

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Monolene dubiosa
[Acapulco flounder]
No picture found

Max. Length 20.8 cm SL

 
Monolene helenensis
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Monolene maculipinna Garman, 1899

Photo by Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Monolene maculipinna
[Pacific deepwater flounder]
No picture found


 
Monolene megalepis
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Monolene mertensae (Poll, 1959)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Monolene mertensae
[Marten's moonflounder]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20.1 cm TL
Monolene microstoma Cadenat, 1937

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Monolene microstoma
[Smallmouth moonflounder]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880

Photo by Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Monolene sessilicauda
[Deepwater flounder]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 11

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Monolene antillarum Slim flounder Western Atlantic 11.8 NG 1933
Monolene asaedae Asaedae flounder Eastern Central Pacific 8 TL 1936
Monolene atrimana Western Central Atlantic. 1886
Monolene danae Eastern Pacific. 1937
Monolene dubiosa Acapulco flounder Eastern Central Pacific 7 TL 1899
Monolene helenensis Eastern Atlantic. North 20.8 SL 2000
Monolene maculipinna Pacific deepwater flounder Eastern Central Pacific 18 TL 1899
Monolene megalepis Western Atlantic 1961
Monolene mertensae Marten's moonflounder Eastern Atlantic 10 TL 1959
Monolene microstoma Smallmouth moonflounder Eastern Atlantic 20.1 TL 1937
Monolene sessilicauda Deepwater flounder Western Atlantic 18 TL 1880



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to
Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to
Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013