Paralichthys lethostigma
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| Southern Flounder | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Paralichthys |
| Species: | P. lethostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralichthys lethostigma (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) |
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Paralichthys lethostigma (also Southern Flounder) is a popular sports fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western north Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico.[1] Its range is North Carolina to the Yucatan peninsula.[2] It is a "left-eyed flounder," meaning the left side is pigmented and is the "up side."[3] The body color is brown with diffuse, non-ocellated spots and blotches.[1]
[edit] See also
- Southern flounder, a family of species known as "Southern flounders"
[edit] References
- ^ a b Paralichthys lethostigma Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Species reports
- ^ Southern Flounder South Carolina Department of Natural Resources species descriptions
- ^ Flounder Texas Parks and Wildlife Department species descriptions
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