Scientific Name	Crossorhombus azureus   Pronounce			by: ©Sainsbury, Keith: CSIRO
Author	(Alcock, 1889)	Depth	13 - 200M
Chinese	青纓鮃	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F494　Bothidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	青纓鮃
Max Length	18 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	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Eight to 20 mi. southwest of Puri, Bay of Bengal, 7-13 fms
Synonyms	Crossorhombus valderostratus, Rhomboidichthys azureus
Reference	中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  李思忠, 王惠民 1995 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0062235. ASIZP0062236. ASIZP0062237. ASIZP0074667. ASIZP0074668. ASIZP0900324. NMMBP02774. NMMBP04564. NTMP0148. NTMP0958. NTUM01589. NTUM02490.
Common Name	Blue flounder; Chain-mail wide-eyed flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 84-92; anal-fin rays 63-74; pectoral-fin rays 17. Body on eyed side brownish grey, with darker spots and blotches. Fins paler than body, dorsal and anal fins with small dark spots, caudal fin with 2 distinct dark bands. Males with distinct bluish black pyriform color pattern on blind side. Body ovoid, its depth 1.7 to 2 times in SL. Head small, snout shorter than eye, profile steep anterior to interorbital area. Head length 3.3 to 4.5 times in SL. Both eyes on left side of head, front margin of upper eye slightly behind front margin of lower eye. Gill rakers short and pointed. Scales on eyed side with long ctenii.
habitats	Lives on mud bottoms and feeds on bottom-living animals. Sexually dimorphic characters develop at about 6 cm SL.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal, northwestern Australia, South China Sea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Viet Nam, and Aru Islands, Indonesia. Taiwan: South, Penghu, West.
Utility	Commercial fisheries and aquarium species.