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Encyclopedia Britannica



FLOUNDER

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 548 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA
FLOUNDER , a common
term
  for flat-
fish
 . The name is also more specially given to certain varieties, according to local usage. Thus the Pleuronectes flesus is the common flounder of
English
  terminology, found along the coasts of northern Europe from the Bristol Channel to Iceland. It is particularly partial to fresh water, ascending the Rhine as' fat as Cologne. It rarely exceeds a length of 12 in. or a
weight
  of 14 lb. In American terminology the
principal
 
fish
  of the name are the " summer flounders " or " deep-sea flounders," also known in America as "
plaice
  " (Paralichthys dentatus), as
long
  as 3 ft. and as heavy as 15 lb; the four-spotted flounders " (Paralichthys oblongus) ; the "common" or "winter" flounder (Pseudopleuronectes amerkanus); the " diamond flounder " (Hysopsetta guttulata) ; and the "
pole
  flounder " (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus).


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