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Main identification features
- eyes left side, close-set, smooth crest between
- lateral linearched
- pelvic origin behind lower eye
- adult: pectoral only eye side
MONOLENE
FLOUNDERS
Eyes on left side of head, close together, with a crest that between then lacks spines; teeth ~equally developed on jaws on both eye- and blind-sides; dorsal fin without elongated rays; no pectoral on blind side in adults; base of eye-side pelvic slightly longer than base of blind-side fin, with origin behind lower eye; more than 66 scales along lateral line.
A tropical, deep water genus of 10 species, found on both sides of the Atlantic as well as our region, where there are 4 species, 2 of which enter shallow water.
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