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-[[Image:Pseudopleuronectes americanus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Winter flounder]], ''Pseudopleuronectes americanus'']]
-'''Flounder''' (rarely: '''flukes''') are [[flatfish]] that live in ocean waters ie., [[Northern Atlantic]] and waters along the east coast of the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], and the [[Pacific]] Ocean, as well. The name "flounder" refers to several geographically and taxonomically distinct species. In Europe, the name flounder refers to ''[[Platichthys flesus]]'', in the Western Atlantic there are the [[summer flounder]] ''Paralichthys dentatus'', [[southern flounder]] ''Paralichthys lethostigma'', and the [[winter flounder]] ''Pseudopleuronectes americanus'', among other species. In Japan, the [[Japanese flounder]] ''Paralichthys olivaceus'' is common.
-While flounders have both eyes situated on one side of the head, flukes are not born this way.  Their life involves [[metamorphosis]].  During metamorphosis, one eye migrates to the other side of the body so that both eyes are situated on the upward-facing side of its body.  After metamorphosis, flounder lie on one side on the ocean floor; either the left or right side might face upward depending on the species. Flounder sizes typically vary from five to fifteen inches, though they sometimes grow as large as three feet in length.  Their breadth is about one-half of their length. Flounder are ambush predators and their feeding ground is the soft mud of the sea bottom, near bridge piles, docks, and other bottom encumbrances; they are sometimes found on bass grounds as well. Their diet consists mainly of fish spawn, [[crustacean]]s, [[polychaete]]s and small fish.
-==Surprise finding==
-Among other sea creatures, Flounders were found at the bottom of [[Marianas trench]], the deepest location on the earth's crust. Swiss scientist [[Jacques Piccard]] and US Navy Lt. [[Don Walsh]] reached a depth of 10,900 meters (35,810 feet) and were surprised to discover [[sole (fish)|sole]]s or flounder about 30 cm (1 ft) long, as well as shrimp there.
-==History==
-[[Hough's Neck]] in Quincy, Massachusetts was once considered the "Flounder capital of the world" due to the abundance of the species there. Pollution levels in Boston Harbor during the 1980s have depleted the population, but there have been signs of a comeback.
-==Threats==
-[[Image:Flounder_camo_md.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A flounder blending into its environment]]
-World stocks of large predatory fish and large ground fish such as [[Sole (fish)|sole]] and flounder were estimated in 2003 to be only about 10% of pre-industrial levels, largely due to overfishing. Most overfishing is credited to the commercial fisherman.<ref>Clover, Charles. 2004. ''The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat''. Ebury Press, London. ISBN </ref><ref>Myers, Ransom A. and Worm, Boris. "Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities." ''Nature'' '''423''', 280–283 ([[15 May]] [[2003]]).</ref><ref>[http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061016/full/061016-8.html Dalton, Rex. 2006. "Save the big fish: Targeting of larger fish makes populations prone to collapse."]</ref> Current estimates suggest that approximately 30 million flounder (not including [[Sole (fish)|sole]]) are alive in the world today.  However, new research suggests that the flounder population could be as low as 15 million due to heavy over-fishing and industrial pollution risks along the Texas coast of the [[Gulf of Mexico]].{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
-According to [[Seafood Watch]], Atlantic flounder and sole are currently on the list of seafood that [[sustainability]]-minded consumers should avoid.<ref name="seafoodwatch">{{cite web | url=http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=39|title=Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - All Seafood List |publisher=Monterey Bay Aquarium|accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref>
-==Flounder families==
-[[Image:Flounder 1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Bothus mancus'', Flowery flounder]]
-The fishes in the following [[family (biology)|families]] are called "flounders". All the families belong to the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Pleuronectiformes]] of [[flatfish]]es.
-* [[Achiropsettidae]] (southern flounders)
-* [[Bothidae]] (lefteye flounders)
-* [[Paralichthyidae]] (large-tooth flounders)
-* [[Pleuronectidae]] (righteye flounders)
-==References==
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-==External links==
-*[http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.php?CommonName=flounder Common names containing "flounder"] at [[FishBase]]
-*[http://www.sea-fishing.org/sea-flounder.html Flounder] European flounder description and picture.
-{{fishing industry}}
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