Plate fish
Distribution: tropical Atlantic Ocean, from Bermuda and Florida to Brazil throughout the Caribbean, and in the Gulf of Guinea.
Very similar to Bothus mancus, which occurs in the Indo-Pacific.
at Malendure (Guadeloupe) © paradis974
at Chatham Bay (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) © fishaddict
at Malendure (Guadeloupe) © fishaddict
at Plage du Pain de Sucre (Guadeloupe) © fishaddict
at Pigeon Islands (Guadeloupe) © bruno56
at Malendure (Guadeloupe) © bruno56
at Te Amo Beach (Bonaire) © peersen
at Galley Bay (Antigua and Barbuda) © nst56
at Cayo Levantado (Dominican Republic) © nst56
at Sugar Beach (Saint Lucia) © nst56
at Anse Chastanet (Saint Lucia) © nst56
at West Bay (Roatán) © nst56
at Anse d’Arlet (Martinique) © cailly-bruno
at Cayo Zapatilla South (Panama) © nicoleguillemin
at Boca Catalina (Aruba) © azwicker
at Cayo Zapatilla South (Panama)
at No Name Beach (Bonaire)
at Boca Catalina (Aruba)
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