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Shrimp flounder
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Shrimp flounder

Gastropsetta frontalis Bean, 1895

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishShrimp flounder
Dutch—
SpanishLenguado gambero
Chinese卡罗莱纳𫚥鲆
Scientific nameGastropsetta frontalis Bean, 1895

About this species

Gastropsetta frontalis, the shrimp flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder, the only member of its genus Gastropsetta. It is endemic to the western Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina to Florida, and from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Panama. It also occurs in The Bahamas.

Gastropsetta frontalis grows to a maximum of 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, and like other large-tooth flounders has both eyes on the left side of the head. It occurs in bays and shallow waters.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPleuronectiformes
FamilyParalichthyidae
GenusGastropsetta

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