| Southern flounder | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Paralichthys |
| Species: | P. lethostigma
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| Binomial name | |
| Paralichthys lethostigma D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884
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Paralichthys lethostigma, the southern flounder, is a species of large-tooth flounder native to the East Coast of the United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is a popular sport fish and is the largest and most commercially valuable flounder in the western North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.[2] It is a "left-eyed flounder", meaning the left side is pigmented and is the "up side".[3]
- ^ Munroe, T. (2015). "Paralichthys lethostigma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T202632A46958684. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T202632A46958684.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program. "Paralichthys lethostigma". Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma)". Texas Parks & Wildlife. Retrieved 9 October 2022.