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Definition of Southern flounder
1. Noun. Flounder of southern United States.
Generic synonyms: Lefteye Flounder, Lefteyed Flounder
Group relationships: Genus Paralichthys, Paralichthys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern Flounder
Literary usage of Southern flounder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... is rather common on the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.
It resembles the southern flounder in having few ..."
2. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1878)
"... southern flounder, and C. oblonga, or four-spotted flounder, which grows to
two feet in length. AH take bait at the bottom, and are excellent food fish. ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"... flatfishes have been but little studied; I have found only a single reference
to such a specimen. This was an example of the southern flounder, ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"southern flounder. Eyes small, well separated. Dusky olive, nearly plain. Head 3f.
L. 2J. NY to Texas, the common Flounder S. ..."
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