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Zeugopterus punctatus is a small left-sided flatfish that is almost completely round in shape, with a broad body relative to its length. It is a mottled brown and white colour, a dark bar through the eyes, [3] light wide fins all the way round its body and a very small tail.
Flathead can grow at least 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length and 18 kilograms (40 lb) in weight, [1] with dusky flathead (Platycephalus fuscus) being the biggest, although fish this size are seldom caught. [ 2 ]
The Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus), also known as the soft flounder, mottle sanddab, or megrim, is a fish species in the order Pleuronectiformes, or flatfish. [1] It is by far the most common sanddab , and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab ( C. xanthostigma ) and the speckled sanddab ( C. stigmaeus ).
Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet. Almaco jack: Seriola rivoliana: Amazon sailfin catfish: Pterygoplichthys pardalis: Amberjack: Seriola: American anglerfish: Lophius americanus: American butterfish: Peprilus triacanthus: American conger: Conger oceanicus: American eel: Anguilla rostrata
The small-mouth righteye flounder (Nematops microstoma) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on saltwater bottoms from depths of 304 metres (997 ft). Its natural habitat is the tropical waters of the southwest Pacific. It can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length. [1]
The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of flatfish occurring in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. The family includes about 35 species in seven genera. These are closely related to the soles (Soleidae), and have been classified as a subfamily of it, but achirids have a number of distinct characteristics.
The hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) is a small species of flatfish found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North and South America, ranging from Massachusetts to Venezuela. [2] [3] They prefer brackish water, and are abundant in many bays and estuaries north of the Carolinas (another similar species [which?] replaces it south of the Carolinas).
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