This is a postprint of: van der Veer, H.W.; Cardoso, J.F.M.F.; Mateo, I.; Witte, J.IJ. & van Duyl, F.C. (2018). Occurrence and life history characteristics of tropical flatfishes at the coral reefs of Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean. Journal of Sea Research, 142, 157- 166 Published version: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.09.010 Link NIOZ Repository: http://www.vliz.be/imis?module=ref&refid=302058 [Article begins on next page] The NIOZ Repository gives free access to the digital collection of the work of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. This archive is managed according to the principles of the Open Access Movement, and the Open Archive Initiative. Each publication should be cited to its original source - please use the reference as presented. When using parts of, or whole publications in your own work, permission from the author(s) or copyright holder(s) is always needed.