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Ancylopsetta ommata, the Gulf of Mexico ocellated flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the Atlantic coast of North America and the Gulf of Mexico. It is found at depths from 4 to 110 m (13 to 361 ft). This species grows to 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length.
Cyclopsetta fimbriata, the spotfin flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the western Atlantic Ocean.It ranges along the Eastern coast of North America, from North Carolina in the north to the coast of Brazil in the south.
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]
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]
Flounder typically grow to a length of 22–60 centimeters (8.7–23.6 in), and as large as 95 centimeters (37 in). Their width is about half their length. Male Platichthys have been found up to 130 km (80 mi) off the coast of northern Sardinia, sometimes with heavy encrustations of various species of barnacle .
Because of the free-floating nature of larvae and subsequent mixing of juvenile halibut from throughout the Gulf of Alaska, though, only one genetic stock of halibut is known in the North Pacific. Halibut growth rates vary depending on locations and habitat conditions, but females grow faster than males.
The Gulf Stream flounder (Citharichthys arctifrons) is a species of fish belonging to the family Paralichthyidae native to waters off eastern North America. Description [ edit ]
Microplastic pollution is a widespread problem in the North Atlantic Ocean; in 2018, samples of pelagic fish species native to the NEUS Continental Shelf sampled from Portugal found microplastic contamination in 49% of the fish. [11] Ocean acidification is also a threat to the NEUS ecosystem, particularly organisms with carbonate shells.