Anilao flatfish (Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Platylichthyidae, Samaridae, Soleidae)

This page illustrates the flounders and other flatfish we photographed on several dive trips to Anilao, Philippines. It is not a complete listing of the various flatfish families that occur there but shows only those for which we happened to get photos.

Bothidae

Bothus pantherinus

Engyprosopon grandisquama

Engyprosopon sp. 1

Cynoglossidae

Cynoglossus cf kopsii

Cynoglossus? sp. 1

Symphurus cf orientalis

Paralichthyidae

Samaridae

Samaris cristatus

Samariscus triocellatus

Samaridae sp. 1

Soleidae

Aseraggodes cf albidus	Aseraggodes sp. 2	Aseraggodes sp. 3
Aseraggodes sp. 4	Heteromycteris harzfeldii	Liachirus melanospilos
Pardachirus pavoninus	Soleichthys cf siammakuti	Soleichthys heterorhinos
Soleichthys sp. 1	Soleichthys sp. 2	Soleichthys sp. 4

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