The twospot flounder (''Bothus robinsi'') is a species of
lefteye flounder
Bothidae or lefteye flounders are a family of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right sides, with both eyes on their left sides. The family is also distinguished by the presence of ...
native to the western
Atlantic Ocean
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along the
American
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coast from
New York, United States to
Brazil
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where it is mostly found at depths of from , sometimes recorded to a depth of . This species grows to a length of
TL, though most do not exceed
TL. This species is of minor importance to local
commercial fisheries
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Bothidae
Fish described in 1972