Marine life identification guide > Atlantic peacock flounder

Bothus lunatus

Atlantic peacock flounder

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.

Spots where Bothus lunatus has been spotted by snorkelers

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