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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.
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]
Pseudorhombus arsius, the largetooth flounder, is a species of left-eyed flatfish. As an adult, the dark side of its body, where its eyes are located, is on the left side. It belongs to the family Paralichthyidae. As Rhombus polyspilos, it was named as the type species of the genus Pseudorhombus.
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.
Paralichthys albigutta D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Gulf flounder) Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani, 1842) (Brazilian flounder) Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) (California flounder) Paralichthys delfini Pequeño & Plaza, 1987; Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Summer flounder) Paralichthys fernandezianus Steindachner, 1903
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail ... Flowery flounder: Bothus: B. mancus: Bothidae [54] Left-eyed flounder: N
Recent debate has centered on whether summer flounder are on the decline due to overfishing, and this has made the summer flounder an important species of topic in the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 2006. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council provides management of the summer flounder ...
The European flounder is oval in shape and is usually right-eyed. It normally grows about 30 cm in length, although lengths of up to 60 cm have been recorded. The upper surface is usually dull brown or olive in colour with reddish spots and brown blotches and this fish can change colour to suit its background, providing an effective camouflage.