The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan Author Amaoka, Kunio Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-04 4702 1 155 215 journal article 24734 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18 d2251320-5eef-450d-9703-2d2004e4962b 1175-5326 3562779 9108DB7D-3722-4F5C-BD76-F387E813BECB Psettina variegata (Fowler, 1933) Variegated flounder; ŧẻŝľ Figure 9F ; Table 12–13 Bothus (Crossobothus) variegatus Fowler, 1934:335 ( Type locality: the Philippines ). Psettina iijimae (not of Jordan & Starks): Shen in Shen et al. , 1993:570 . Parabothus chlorospilus (not of Gilbert): Shen in Shen et al. , 1993:571 ; Shen & Wu, 2012:753 . Specimens examined. NMMB-P23202 (1, 121.8), Ke-tzu-liao, 18 Mar. 2016 ; NMMB-P23203 (1, 115.7), Ke-tzuliao, 3 Apr. 2016 ; NMMB-P26401 (2 of 4, 118.6–121.9), Ke-tzu-liao, 27 Jun. 2017 . Diagnostic features. D 101–107; A 78–82; P 12–13; C 2+13+2=17; LLs 75–77; GR 0+7–8=7–8; vert. 10+28– 29=38–39. Body compressed, oblong, deepest at middle part of body (38.8–43.3% SL). Head rather large, about half of body depth (24.1–27.4% SL); front profile of head with shallow concavity in front of upper eye. Snout longer than 1/2 of eye diameter. Eye diameter about equal to upper jaw. Interorbital ridge extending from anterior margin of lower eye to posterior margin of upper eye. Mouth very small, upper-jaw length on ocular side 7.1–8.9% SL; maxilla extending to anterior margin of lower eye; maxillary head with obtuse knob, a tiny knob at mandibular symphysis. Teeth on both jaws uniserial, close-set, gradually becoming large and more widely spaced anteriorly. Gill rakers on lower limb, short, slender, pointed at tip and not serrate; absent on upper limb. Scales on ocular side small, ctenoid with one row of long hair-like ctenii; cycloid on blind side. Pectoral fin on ocular side much shorter than head (16.9–18.8% SL); that of blind side very short, about 1/2 of that of ocular side. Coloration. Ocular side of body uniformly darkish brown with 3 large dark blotches and small, obscure, irregularly shaped black spots; first blotch on junction between curved and straight sections of lateral line, second on middle of straight section of lateral line, and posteriormost blotch near caudal peduncle; a series of 5 dark obscure blotches along dorsal margin of body and 4 along ventral margin of body, extending to bases of dorsal and anal fins; caudal fin with large black blotch at its center; pectoral fin on ocular side with irregular shaped blackish bands; blind side of body milky white stained with dark in places. Size. Reaching 122 mm SL in Taiwan , the largest known record. Distribution. Southwestern Taiwan off Ke-tzu-liao, Kaohsiung , at depth not more than 100 m ; the Philippines , Hong Kong , and Western Australia ( Amaoka & Larson, 1999 ). Remarks. This is the first record of the species in Taiwan . It resembles P. brevirictus and P. iijimae in body shape, coloration and position of blotches. However, it can be easily distinguished from the other two species in having more lateral-line scales and growing to a larger size. The figures of Parabothus chlorospilus and Psettina iijimae provided by Shen in Shen et al. (1993) and the figure of Parabothus chlorospilus provided by Shen & Wu (2012) are here all identified as Psettina vairegata by us.