Scientific Name	Asterorhombus intermedius   Pronounce			by: ©Sainsbury, Keith: CSIRO
Author	(Bleeker, 1865)	Depth	0 - 60M
Chinese	中間角鮃	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F494　Bothidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	中間角鮃
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁魚、皇帝魚、半邊魚、比目魚、肉瞇仔(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Menado(?), Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia
Synonyms	Arnoglossus annulatus, Arnoglossus intermedius, Asterorhombus stellifer, Engyprosopon intermedius, Platophrys intermedius
Reference	Records of the genus Asterorhombus (Family: Bothidae) and its two species from northern Taiwan and Taiping Island(Lin, Shao & Shen ,1995)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Bleeker, P. 1865 李思忠, 王惠民 1995 Lin, Pai-Lei etc. 1995 Shirai, Y. etc. 1998 Amaoka, K. etc. 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0057100. NTUM02485.
Common Name	Blotched flounder; Intermediate flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 77-84; anal-fin rays 55-62; pectoral-fin rays 12. Distinguished from all other Micronesian genera by having a nearly continuous bony ridge extending from the anterior margin of the lower eye to the posterior margin of the upper eye, and a narrow interorbital space, always greater than the greatest eye diameter.
habitats	Inhabits sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on bottom-living animals.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea, to southern Japan, Indo-Australian Archipelago, and Tonga Islands. Taiwan: South.
Utility	Commercial fishery species. Caught by divers.