Syacium ovale (Günther, 1864). Oval Flounder. To 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (Vargas et al. 2020). Bahía Santa Maria (24°42.8’N, 112°11.7’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Paita, Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including Gulf of California (Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995), and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Larvae have been taken somewhat further north at about 26°N (Moser et al. 1994). Benthic; depth: about 2 to 104 m (7–342 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).