Need ID

Hi all,

We shot this guy at BHB last July.

Body of a flouder with a mouth aking to a stargazer... puzzling...

Can anyone provide positive ID with scientific name?

Thanks

Michel Gilbert

BHB?

Your fish is a flounder/sole/fluke/etc. of some kind. Not enough information to identify.

I thought about fluke but I was not sure.

Thx

Michel

I'm sorry, but it isn't a fluke. It is a flounder of the genus Paralichthys, one of the sand flounders. My money is that it's a P. albigutta, gulf flounder, but I would need to see more of its visible side to be sure. Google also P. dentatus, summer flounder and P. lethostigma, southern flounder. All three have very similar faces, but a positive diagnosis can be made by observing the arrangement and types of spots that are on the visible side. BHB = Blue Heron Bridge.

Bryce

_{Thanks Bryce, that puts me on a good track.}

_Michel