Scientific Name	Plagiopsetta glossa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Franz, 1910	Depth	65 - 154M
Chinese	舌形斜頜鰈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	冠鰈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F499　Samaridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	舌形斜頜鰈
Max Length	19 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁魚、皇帝魚、半邊魚、比目魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Yagoshima, Japan
Synonyms	Plagiopsetta fasciatus, Samariscus fasciatus, Samariscus glossa
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；  Franz, V. 1910 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Cooper, J. A., K. Graham etc. 1994 Mihara, e. etc. 1995 李思忠, 王惠民 1995
Specimen List	ASIZP0073401. ASIZP0078605. ASIZP0078606. ASIZP0080404. ASIZP0807609. ASIZP0807610. ASIZP0807611. ASIZP0917609. ASIZP0917610. ASIZP0917611. FRIP00855. FRIP01373. NMMBP04430. NMMSTP00974. NTMP0800. NTUM05339. NTUM05340. NTUM05341. NTUM07090.
Common Name	Tongue flatfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 66-72; anal-fin rays 51-57; pectoral-fin rays 8-10. Feebly pigmented snout, presence of supratemporal branch on lateral line of ocular side and medial dark pigmented spot on mandible and intermandibular area.
habitats	Found in the sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms. Feeds on small benthic animals.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Japan and Taiwan to New South Wales, Australia. Taiwan: North.
Utility	Rare species.