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Saw this little guy while gigging a week ago. He was stuck on top of grass at low tide with is back out of the water, waiting for a night heron to ruin his evening.
Never seen this species of flounder before, so I had to look up some info. It is an adult gulf flounder, not the same as our southern flounder.
Didn't copy well but it was taken from
Southern flounder for size comparison, fish are ~16".
The end result of targeting his bigger cousins.
Never seen this species of flounder before, so I had to look up some info. It is an adult gulf flounder, not the same as our southern flounder.
Gul f Fl ounder
Three small, u s u a l l y conspicuous,
o c e l l a t e d spots on pigmented side o f
body i n a t r i a n g u l a r pattern, w i t h
the apex o f the t r i a n g l e p o i n t i n g
p o s t e r i o r l y and the posteriormost
spot s i t u a t e d a s t r i d e 1 a t e r a l 1 i ne(Figure 2); g i l l rakers on lower limb
o f outer arch 9-12 ( u s u a l l y 10-11);
anal rays 53-63 ( u s u a l l y 56-61);
dorsal rays 71-85 ( u s u a l l y 75-81);
scales i n s t r a i g h t p o r t i o n o f 1 a t e r a l
l i n e 47-60 ( u s u a l l y 52-57); size
r e l a t i v e l y small : a t t a i n s a maximum
standard l e n g t h (SL) o f about 420 mm
Three small, u s u a l l y conspicuous,
o c e l l a t e d spots on pigmented side o f
body i n a t r i a n g u l a r pattern, w i t h
the apex o f the t r i a n g l e p o i n t i n g
p o s t e r i o r l y and the posteriormost
spot s i t u a t e d a s t r i d e 1 a t e r a l 1 i ne(Figure 2); g i l l rakers on lower limb
o f outer arch 9-12 ( u s u a l l y 10-11);
anal rays 53-63 ( u s u a l l y 56-61);
dorsal rays 71-85 ( u s u a l l y 75-81);
scales i n s t r a i g h t p o r t i o n o f 1 a t e r a l
l i n e 47-60 ( u s u a l l y 52-57); size
r e l a t i v e l y small : a t t a i n s a maximum
standard l e n g t h (SL) o f about 420 mm
Southern flounder for size comparison, fish are ~16".
The end result of targeting his bigger cousins.
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