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Windowpane flounder

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Windowpane flounder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Scophthalmus
Species:
S. aquosus
Binomial name
Scophthalmus aquosus
(Mitchill, 1815)
Synonyms
  • Pleuronectes aquosus Mitchill, 1815

Windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. Widespread on the depth of 5–73 meters in the Western Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Florida in the United States. An important commercial species, they can grow up to 45.7 cm in length, and live up to 7 years.

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