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Ancylopsetta cycloidea J. C. Tyler, 1959 (Cyclope flounder) Ancylopsetta dendritica C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (three-spot flounder) Ancylopsetta dilecta (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883) (three-eye flounder) Ancylopsetta kumperae J. C. Tyler, 1959 (four-eyed flounder) Ancylopsetta microctenus Gutherz, 1966
Large-tooth flounders or sand flounders are a family, Paralichthyidae, of flounders. [1] [2] The family contains 14 genera with a total of about 110 species.They lie on the sea bed on their right side; both eyes are always on the left side of the head, while the Pleuronectidae usually (but not always) have their eyes on the right side of the head.
The teeth are quite sharp and well developed on both upper and lower jaws. The average summer flounder reaches sexual maturity at 2 years and weighs 1 to 3 pounds, typically 15 to 20 inches in length, though they may grow as large as 26 pounds and live up to 20 years with females making up the largest and oldest specimens.
Paralichthys lethostigma, the southern flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the East Coast of the United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is a popular sport fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. [ 2 ]
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American fourspot flounder: Hippoglossina oblonga: American gizzard shad: Dorosoma cepedianum: American harvestfish: Peprilus paru: American paddlefish: Polyodon spathula [5] American pickerel: Esox americanus: Also known as Redfin pickerel, brook pickerel, and Grass pickerel American sailfin eel: Letharchus velifer: American shad: Alosa ...
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The California halibut or California flounder (Paralichthys californicus) is a large-tooth flounder native to the waters of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Quillayute River in Washington to Magdalena Bay in Baja California. [2] [3] This is a demersal fish, living primarily in the lower water column as adults. [2]