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Yellowtail flounder (Myzopsetta ferruginea)
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Ecological Illustration of Yellowtail flounder (Myzopsetta ferruginea)
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Pleuronectidae

Yellowtail flounder

Myzopsetta ferruginea

Vulnerable Pleuronectid Fish in the Record

  • Yellow
  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • North America
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

Yellowtail flounder is known from Northwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Flatfishes
Family
Pleuronectidae
Genus
Myzopsetta
Water type
Marine
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