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Flounder or flukes are flatfish that live in ocean waters ie., Northern Atlantic and waters along the east coast of the United States and Canada, and the Pacific Ocean, as well. The name "flounder" refers to several geographically and taxonomically distinct species. In Europe, the name flounder refers to Platichthys flesus, in the Western Atlantic there are the summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus, southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma, and the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus, among other species. In Japan, the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus is common. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
Families Suborder Psettodoidei Psettodidae Suborder Pleuronectoidei Citharidae Scophthalmidae (turbots) Bothidae (lefteye flounders) Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders) Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders) Achiropsettidae (southern flounders) Samaridae Suborder Soleoidei Soleidae (soles) Achiridae (American soles) Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes) The flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a...
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Species Achiropsetta slavae Achiropsetta tricholepis Mancopsetta maculata antarctica Mancopsetta maculata maculata Neoachiropsetta milfordi Pseudomancopsetta andriashevi The southern (or armless) flounders are a small family of flounders found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. ...
Binomial name Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) The winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. ...
Binomial name Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) The Olive flounder or Bastard halibut (Paralichthys olivaceus; Japanese: ) is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the north-western Pacific Ocean. ...
A flounder blending into its environment While flounders have both eyes situated on one side of the head, flukes are not born this way. Their life involves metamorphosis. During metamorphosis, one eye migrates to the other side of the body so that both eyes are situated on the upward-facing side of its body. After metamorphosis, flounder lie on one side on the ocean floor; either the left or right side might face upward depending on the species. Flounder sizes typically vary from five to fifteen inches, though they sometimes grow as large as three feet in length. Their breadth is about one-half of their length. Flounder are ambush predators and their feeding ground is the soft mud of the sea bottom, near bridge piles, docks, and other bottom incumbrances; they are sometimes found on bass grounds as well. Their diet consists mainly of fish spawn, crustaceans, polychaetes and small fish. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Binomial name Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) The winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1531x1021, 279 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Camouflage Flounder User:Moondigger ...
A cicada in the process of shedding. ...
Classes & Subclasses Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Remipedia Cephalocarida Maxillopoda Thecostraca Tantulocarida Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca The nauplius larva of a dendrobranchiate Porcellio scaber, the common rough woodlouse, a terrestrial crustacean Pollicipes polymerus, the gooseneck barnacle Glyphea pseudastacus, a fossil glypheoid The crustaceans (Crustacea) are...
Subclasses Palpata Scoleoida Tomopteris from plankton The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. ...
Flounder Tramping
The Annual World Flounder Tramping Championships take place at Palnackie, Scotland, usually in the last week of July or first week in August. Competitors brave the mud flats of the estuary of the Urr Water in sun or rain to try and catch the heaviest fish, or the largest catch, or even the smallest fish for prize money and a trophy. Fish are caught by walking across the mud and trapping them below the competitor's foot. Leisters, which are traditional 3-pronged spears, are no longer permitted to aid capture. Palnackie Palnackie is a village in the Parish of Buittle, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland. ...
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Urr Water is a river of southwest Scotland. ...
A leister is a queer with at least 3 nads used for plowing ugly chicks, especially fatties. ...
Surprise Finding Among other sea creatures, Flounders were found at the bottom of Marianas trench, the deepest location on the earth's crust. Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lt. Don Walsh reached a depth of 10,900 meters (35,810 feet) and were surprised to discover soles or flounder about 30 cm (1 ft) long, as well as shrimp there. The Mariana Trench is the deepest known submarine trench, and the deepest location in the Earth itself. ...
Jacques Piccard (born July 28, 1922) is a Belgian explorer and engineer, known for having developed underwater vehicles for studying ocean currents. ...
Don Walsh was a lieutenant in the United States Navy. ...
History Hough's Neck in Quincy, Massachusetts was once considered the "Flounder capital of the world" due to the abundance of the species there. Pollution levels in Boston Harbor during the 1980s have depleted the population, but there have been signs of a comeback.[citation needed] Houghs Neck is a one-square-mile peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. ...
Threats World stocks of large predatory fish and large ground fish such as sole and flounder were estimated in 2003 to be only about 10% of pre-industrial levels, largely due to overfishing.[1][2][3] The soles are flatfishes of various families. ...
Flounder Families The fishes in the following families are called "flounders". All the families belong to the order Pleuronectiformes of flatfishes. The hierarchy of scientific classification In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. ...
In scientific classification used in biology, the order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). ...
Families Suborder Psettodoidei Psettodoidae Suborder Pleuronectoidei Citharidae Scophthalmidae Bothidae (lefteye flounders) Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders) Paralichthyidae Achiropsettidae (southern flounders) Samaridae Suborder Soleoidei Soleidae (soles) Achiridae (American soles) Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes) The flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. ...
Families Suborder Psettodoidei Psettodidae Suborder Pleuronectoidei Citharidae Scophthalmidae (turbots) Bothidae (lefteye flounders) Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders) Paralichthyidae (large-tooth flounders) Achiropsettidae (southern flounders) Samaridae Suborder Soleoidei Soleidae (soles) Achiridae (American soles) Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes) The flatfish are an order (Pleuronectiformes) of ray-finned fish, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a...
The southern (or armless) flounders are a small family of flounders found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. ...
Genera Arnoglossus Asterorhombus Bothus Chascanopsetta Crossorhombus Engyophrys Engyprosopon Grammatobothus Japonolaeops Kamoharaia Laeops Lophonectes Monolene Neolaeops Parabothus Perissias Psettina Taeniopsetta Tosarhombus Trichopsetta See text for species. ...
Genera Ancylopsetta Cephalopsetta Citharichthys Cyclopsetta Etropus Gastropsetta Hippoglossina Paralichthys Pseudorhombus Syacium Tarphops Tephrinectes Thysanopsetta Xystreurys See text for species. ...
Genera Acanthopsetta Ammotretis Atheresthes Azygopus Clidoderma Colistium Cleisthenes Clidoderma Colisteum Dexistes Embassichthys Eopsetta Errex Glyptocephalus - fluke Hippoglossoides Hippoglossus - halibut Hypsopsetta Isopsetta Lepidopsetta Limanda - mud dabs Liopsetta - eelback flounder Lyopsetta Marleyella Microstomus - smear dab Nematops Oncopterus Paralichthodes Parophrys Pelotretis Peltorhamphus Platichthys - starry flounder Pleuronectes - northern flounder, plaice Pleuronichthys Poecilopsetta Psammodiscus Psettichthys...
References - ^ Clover, Charles. 2004. The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat. Ebury Press, London. ISBN
- ^ Myers, Ransom A. and Worm, Boris. "Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities." Nature 423, 280-283 (15 May 2003).
- ^ Dalton, Rex. 2006. "Save the big fish: Targeting of larger fish makes populations prone to collapse." Published online [1]
External links - Common names containing "flounder" at FishBase.
- Flounder picture.
- UK Flounder picture.
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