Common name: Summer Flounder

Scientific name: Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Class:

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)

Order:

Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes, Flounders, and Soles)

Family:

Paralichthyidae (Sand Flounders)

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Other common names:

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

GNR

Not Ranked - Global conservation status not yet assessed.

State conservation status rank:

SNRN

Not Ranked - State conservation status not yet assessed (a migratory animal which does not breed in New York).

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Game with open season

Defined as a Game species by New York State law, and there are open seasons set when the species may be legally hunted or trapped.

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

N: Do not track

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102832/Paralichthys_dentatus/