THE FLOUNDER

FLOUNDER

• The flounder play a prominent role in the fisherman and his wife
• adult cycle the flounder has two eyes placed on the side of its head

HABITAT

• Flounder ambush their prey, feeding at the sea bottom
• They have been found at the bottom of the Mariana Trench
• A flounders diet consist of small fish

THREATS

• World stocks of large predatory fish and large ground fish such as sole
• overfishing is due to the extensive activities of the fishing industry.

TYPES OF FLOUNDER

• Gulf
• Southern
• Summer
• Winter