Scientific Name	Samariscus latus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Matsubara & Takamuki, 1951	Depth	20 - 200M
Chinese	滿月沙鰈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	冠鰈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F499　Samaridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	滿月沙鰈
Max Length	16 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
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Owase, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)  Matsubara, K. etc. 1951 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 李思忠, 王惠民 1995
Specimen List	ASIZP0055228. ASIZP0061438. ASIZP0061533. ASIZP0066442. ASIZP0801390. ASIZP0807627. ASIZP0807628. ASIZP0911390. ASIZP0917627. ASIZP0917628. NMMBP03596. NMMBP03630. NMMBP03665. NMMBP05406. NMMSTP00975. NMMSTP01534. NMMSTP01630. NMNSF01066. NTMP0941. NTUM05334.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Deep-body righteye flounder
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin rays 69; anal-fin rays 52; pectoral-fin rays 5. Dorsal and ventral fins with no prolonged filiform rays; caudal with branched rays; ventral vertebrae with some weak nephrohaemal arches and their spine forked. Color pattern on eyed side without dark rings about size of eye on or immediately below lateral line. Pectoral with about 9 black transverse lines; first upper pectoral fin ray 0.6-0.9 in head length; head length 4-4.75 in body length; scales in lateral line 57-62.
habitats	Found in sublittoral zone on sandy mud bottoms. Feeds on small benthic animals.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. Recently reported from the Chesterfield Islands. Taiwan: West.
Utility	Uncommon species. Apparently not marketed.