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Searching for the Flounder

By snurfson / Posted on 12 February 2011

The flounder is an ocean-dwelling flatfish species that is found in coastal lagoons and estuaries of the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Taxonomy of the Flounder

There are a number of geographical and taxonomical species to which flounder belong.

Western Atlantic:

  • Summer flounder (also known as fluke) – Paralichthys dentatus
  • Southern flounder – Paralichthys lethostigma
  • Winter flounder – Pseudopleuronectes americanus

European waters:

  • European flounder – Platichthys flesus

Off the coast of Japan:

  • Olive flounder – Paralichthys olivaceus







 

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