Fine flounder

Taxobox
name = Fine flounder


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Pleuronectiformes
familia = Paralichthyidae
genus = "Paralichthys"
species = "P. adspersus"
binomial = "Paralichthys adspersus"
binomial_authority = (Steindachner, 1867)

The Fine flounder ("Paralichthys adspersus") is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, along the continental shelf from the coast of Ecuador in the north to the coast of Peru in the south.

It is a medium sized flatfish, growing up to 70 cm in length, with females typically being larger than males. It is a game fish, catched by an artisanal fishery off the Peruvian coast.

The species is a predator, feeding off smaller fishes in its habitat.

The fine flounder was first collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands, described as "Hippoglossus kingii", which would have placed it in the left-eye flounder family.

References

*FishBase species | genus = Paralichthys| species = adspersus| month = October| year = 2006