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Lefteye flounder (no English common name)
Chascanopsetta prognatha
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Lefteye flounder (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Chascanopsetta prognatha
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Depth and habitat
- Deep-water, on or near the bottom, recorded from 494 to 550 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A deep-water flounder with a very large mouth, living on bottoms at around 500 m.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chascanopsetta-prognatha.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.