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Tropical flounder (Paralichthys tropicus)
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Tropical flounder (Paralichthys tropicus) specimen
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Paralichthyidae

Tropical flounder

Paralichthys tropicus

Paralichthyid Fish in Colombian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Tropical flounder is known around Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Maximum length
50 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago. Reported to range south to Suriname (Ref. 13608 ).
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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