Scientific Name	Parabothus taiwanensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Amaoka & Shen, 1993	Depth	50 - 110M
Chinese	臺灣擬鮃	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F494　Bothidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	臺灣擬鮃
Max Length	14.8 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁魚、皇帝魚、半邊魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Kaohsiung, sw. Taiwan
Synonyms	Parabothus sp.
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Amaoka, K. etc. 1993 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063578. ASIZP0807605. ASIZP0917605. NMNSF00507.
Common Name	Lefteye flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 95-108; anal-fin rays 78-84; pectoral-fin rays 12. With a small number of scales in lateral line 61-66; obtuse knob on both snout tip and mandibular symphysis in males; biserial teeth on upper jaw.
habitats	Inhabits sand and mud bottoms near shelf. Feeds on benthic animals.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southwestern and northeastern coasts of Taiwan Taiwan: North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.