Paralichthys lethostigma (SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC ) Cladus: Eukaryota Vernacular names Paralichthys lethostigma (also Southern Flounder) is a popular sports fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western north Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico.[1] Its range is North Carolina to the Yucatan peninsula.[2] It is a "left-eyed flounder," meaning the left side is pigmented and is the "up side."[3] The body color is brown with diffuse, non-ocellated spots and blotches.[1] See also Southern flounder, a family of species known as "Southern flounders" References ^ a b Paralichthys lethostigma Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Species reports
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