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title: "Atlantic Peacock Flounder"
description: "Bothus lunatus — Fish. The plate fish (Bothus lunatus) is a flounder in the genus Bothus, found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic including the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/atlantic-peacock-flounder
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Peacock Flounder

> Bothus lunatus — Fish. The plate fish (Bothus lunatus) is a flounder in the genus Bothus, found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic including the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Bothus lunatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1651
- Wikidata: [Q2753332](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2753332)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128853](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128853)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Peacock Flounder
- de: Pfauenbutt
- es: Lenguado lunado
- fr: Rambou lune
- nl: Pauwbot

## Countries with the most observations

MX (205), KY (111), VI (92), CW (75), HN (75), GP (74), BS (64), BZ (57), DM (51), PR (50), TC (45), MQ (44)

## Summary

The plate fish (Bothus lunatus) is a flounder in the genus Bothus, found in the warmer parts of the Atlantic including the Caribbean. Its typical habitat is sandy plains near coral reefs and it is able to change its colouring to make it well-camouflaged in this environment. It is sometimes known as the peacock flounder, a name also given to the closely related Bothus mancus from the Indo-Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_fish

## Photo

![Atlantic Peacock Flounder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-peacock-flounder/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78949104

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-peacock-flounder?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).