Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma)
Other Names Flounder Description All flatfishes, including the southern flounder, are compressed laterally and spend most of their life lying and swimming along the bottom on their side.
Southern flounder
The southern (or armless) flounders are a small family of flounders found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters.
Targett has conducted experiments to reveal the optimum temperature and salinity conditions for young summer and southern flounder. He's also examining the effect of turbidity, or water clarity, on the fish, as well as chronic low oxygen levels.
PLEURONECTIFORMES
Includes spiny turbots, scophthalmids, lefteye flounders, southern flounders, righteye flounders, soles, tonguefishes ...
There are five different species of flounder found in the oceans, and only one of these flounder species (the Japanese flounder) is found in the Northern Pacific Ocean. The summer flounder, the winter flounder and the southern flounder are all found ...
A flattened bottom fish. The eyes have migrated to one side of the body so that when laying flat both eyes can see upward. The Gulf flounder has a brown back and three eyespots in a triangular pattern; the southern flounder lacks those spots.
 See also: Flounder, Shrimp, Mullet, Alligator, Trout
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