flounder

     

Flouner (rarely: flukes) are flatfish that live in ocean waters ie., Northern Atlantic and waters along the east coast of the United States and Canada, and the Pacific Ocean, as well. The name "flounder" refers to several geographically and taxonomically distinct species. In Europe, the name flounder refers to Platichthys flesus, in the Western Atlantic there are the summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus, southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma, and the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus, among other species. In Japan, the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus is common.

Trivia about flounder

  • To struggle helplessly, like a certain flatfish
  • It's the Picassoesque fish you're eyeing here
  • The name of this flatfish can mean to move about clumsily
  • Pleuronectidae, one family of this fish, generally has eyes on the right side; another, Bothidae, on the left
  • This verb means to hesitate in confusion like a bottom-feeding fish
  • To struggle clumsily or helplessly
  • Don't struggle with the name of this flatfish family whose members include dab & English sole

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