Fourspot flounder

The Fourspot flounder lives in the demersal, marine, depth range - 140 m environment.

The American Fourspot Flounder (Hippoglossina oblonga) is a fish in the Paralichthyidae family of large-tooth flounders.... Flounder, Lefteye The scaldfish (Arnoglossus laterna) is a species of lefteye flounder of the Bothidae family.... More

Summer and fourspot flounder also exhibited significant shifts in diet across the time series. None of the benthivorous flatfish exhibited significant changes in diet composition across the time series. The mean weight of stomach contents declined in all species over the past 20 years. More

Fourspot flounder; American fourspot flounder; Fourspot butterflyfish; Flounder; Patagonian flounder; Speckled flounder; Fine flounder; Broad flounder; Southern flounder; Tropical flounder; Summer flounder; Fringed flounder; Smallmouth flounder; Gray flounder; Kamchatka flounder; Arrowtooth flounder; Malayan flounder; Javan flounder; Largetooth flounder; More

for fourspot flounder in both seasons. Substratum type was secondarily important for winter and yellowtail flounders in the spring with smaller fish associated with larger substratum types. More

flounder and fourspot flounder are rare catches in the lower Bay. Of demersal fishes captured, 38.4 % were flatfishes. Hogchokers were most abundant at 35.9 % of the demersal total. More

sole, and the fourspot flounder are found along the South Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. The diamond turbot, found along the Pacific coast, is another common species. The plaice of western Europe grows to 60 cm (24 in) and 4.5 kg (10 lb). More

Common names

Flounder in English
foureye flounder in English
Fourspot flounder in English
Lenguado in sp
Lenguado in Spanish (español)
Lenguado cuatro ojos in Spanish (español)
Lenguado cuatrojos in Spanish (español)
Perpeire a quatre taches in French (français)
四眼小庸鰈 in Mandarin Chinese
四眼小庸鲽 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Pleuronectiformes
Family : Paralichthyidae
Genus : Hippoglossina
Species : Hippoglossina tetrophthalma
Authority : Gilbert, 1890