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Fishes of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Arkansas: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-001-0. "Aquatic Fish Report" (PDF). Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan. Little Rock: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. 2015
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 ]
Winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus Flowery flounder, Bothus mancus, Bahía de la Chiva, at Hawaii. Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.
State Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Largemouth bass (fresh water) Micropterus salmoides: 1975 [1] Fighting tarpon (salt water) Megalops atlanticus: 1955 [2] Alaska: King salmon: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: 1962 [3] Arizona: Apache trout: Oncorhynchus gilae (subspecies apache) 1986 [4] Arkansas: Alligator gar (primitive ...
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 ]
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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council provides management of the summer flounder species. The management of summer flounder is established between the U.S.-Canadian border to North Carolina's southern border. Due to summer flounder migrating between federal and state waters, the management council works in conjunction with the Atlantic ...
Gulf flounder appear to prefer the ocean floor and camouflage against areas to stealthily strike their prey. This demersal species occurs in shallow depths within estuaries and coastal environments; it is most commonly found on the continental shelf at depths of 18–92 m, but has been collected to about 130 m. [1]