Talk:Peacock flounder

File:Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus in Kona.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on February 14, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-02-14. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 09:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the day

The Peacock flounder (Bothus mancus) is a species of lefteye flounder found widely in relatively shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific. This photomontage shows four separate views of the same fish, each several minutes apart, starting from the top left. Over the course of the photos, the fish changes its colors to match its new surroundings, and then finally (bottom right) buries itself in the sand, leaving only the eyes protruding.Photo: Mila Zinkova

Distribution

Is not complete. I have seen them in the Caribbean, so they must be in the warmer parts of the Atlantic too. (Anse Chastenet reef, St Lucia to be specific) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.45.147 (talk) 09:48, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

• Other people saw them there too: [1]; plus google for loads of other examples. 86.138.45.147 (talk) 09:54, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Camouflage

Hallo, delighted to see such a wonderful example of camouflage by changing colour... I've used the new image to replace the rather dull flounder we had as our example before. Great improvement! Added a link here, too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)