The four-spot megrim (''Lepidorhombus boscii'') is a species of

flatfish A flatfish is a member of the Ray-finned fish, ray-finned demersal fish order (biology), order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the ...

in the family

Scophthalmidae The Scophthalmidae are a family of flatfish found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.Chanet, B. (2003)Interrelationships of scophthalmid fishes (Pleuronectiformes: Scopththalmidae).''Cybium'' 27(4) 275-86. F ...

. It is found a depths between in the northeast Atlantic and

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. It can be separated from its close relative, the

megrim The megrim, megrim sole, whiff, or Cornish sole (''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis'') is a species of left-eyed flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea between below sea level. It is caught ...

or whiff (''L. whiffiagonis''), by the dark spots towards the rear of the fins. It reaches a length of . In

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it is known as ''gallo de cuatro manchas'', (or more often, simply ''gallo'') sometimes (depending on the region or city) ''ojito'', or ''rapante''. In Catalan it is ''palaia bruixa de quatre taques'', ''serrandell'' or ''llisèria''. In

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it is known as ''cardine à quatre taches''.

References

Scophthalmidae Fish described in 1810 {{pleuronectiformes-stub