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The summer flounder feeds on fish and shrimp. The species may reach a maximum size of 3 feet long and 26 pounds. It is called a "left-sided" flatfish because both of its eyes are on the left side of its head.
A Healthy Appetite: In Europe, the name flounder refers to Platichthys flesus, in the Western Atlantic, there are summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus), ...
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, ...
Similar is the summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), of the lefteye flounder family, Bothidae, called fluke by fishermen, common from Maine to the Carolinas.
 See also: Flounder, Flatfish, Crustacean, Southern flounder, Shrimp
  
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