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Class: Teleostei
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Bothidae Lefteye flounders

Genus: Monolene

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11 species (see list below)
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Photo by Fischer, L.G.

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

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Monolene antillarum
[Slim flounder]

Photo by Robertson, R.

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

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Monolene asaedae
[Asaedae flounder]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Western Central Atlantic.

Monolene atrimana Goode & Bean, 1886

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Monolene atrimana
[]
No picture found
 
Monolene danae
[]

Photo by Robertson, R.

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

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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

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Monolene maculipinna
[Pacific deepwater flounder]
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Monolene megalepis
[]

Photo by FAO

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

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Monolene mertensae
[Marten's moonflounder]

Photo by FAO

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

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Monolene microstoma
[Smallmouth moonflounder]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

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

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Monolene sessilicauda
[Deepwater flounder]


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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



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