Summer flounder
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The summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys dentatus) is a marine flatfish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. It is especially abundant in waters from North Carolina to Massachusetts.[2]
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Summer flounder (fluke) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Paralichthyidae |
Genus: | Paralichthys |
Species: | P. dentatus |
Binomial name | |
Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Synonyms | |
Pleuronectes dentatus Linnaeus, 1766 |
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