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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
Yellow
Temperate
Regional distribution
LargeYellowtail flounder is known from Northwest Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Myzopsetta
- Maximum length
- 64 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador, Canada to Chesapeake Bay, USA.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Order
Family
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