Deep Flounder
Pseudorhombus elevatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Pseudorhombus
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 24 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 61 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 11 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 7 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 5 records
- Hoi An & Cu Lao Cham, Vietnam - 2 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 5 records