Paralichthys lethostigma

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Pleuronectiformes
Subordo: Pleuronectoidei
Familia: Paralichthyidae
Genus: Paralichthys
Species: Paralichthys lethostigma

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Southern flounder

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
^ Southern Flounder South Carolina Department of Natural Resources species descriptions
^ Flounder Texas Parks and Wildlife Department species descriptions