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Southern Flounder
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Southern Flounder

Paralichthys lethostigma

The southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) is a species of large-tooth flounders native to the eastern and gulf coasts of the United States. It is a popular sports fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Its range is North Carolina to the Yucatan Peninsula. It is a "left-eyed flounder", meaning the left side is pigmented and is the "up side". The body color is...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 108562.