Scientific Name	Psettina iijimae   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Starks, 1904)	Depth	80 - 100M
Chinese	鰜鮃	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鮃科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F494　Bothidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	飯島鰜鮃
Max Length	8.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁魚、皇帝魚、半邊魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Suruga, Bay
Synonyms	Engyprosopon iijimae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1904 Amaoka, K. 1976 Kunio Amaoka 1976 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061658. ASIZP0064143. ASIZP0064367. ASIZP0072284. ASIZP0075163. ASIZP0804904. ASIZP0806639. ASIZP0914904. ASIZP0916639. FRIP00910. FRIP01241. FRIP03220. NMMBP01725. NMMSTP01639. NTMP0939. NTUM02492. NTUM05405. NTUM05406. NTUM05509. NTUM05510. NTUM05511. NTUM05512.
Barcode	2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100%
Common Name	Lefteye flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 80-92; anal-fin rays 62-70; pectoral-fin rays 11-12. This species differs from other members of the genus by having dark spots along the upper and lower edges of its body, extending to basal part of the dorsal and anal fins, posterior part of the caudal fin and a dark band, upper limb of gill arch with gill rakers. This genus is characterized by having eyes separated by a bony ridge of very narrow space anteriorly and a ridge posteriorly, a small mouth about equal to eye diameter, ctenoid scales on ocular side armed with a row of hairlike spines.
habitats	Inhabits sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on small polychaetes, crustaceans, and fishes.
Distribution	Western Pacific: southern Japan, southern Indonesia, and northwestern Australia Taiwan: North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species. Caught mainly with bottom shrimp trawls.