Species: Etropus rimosus, Gray Flounder

Etropus rimosus Goode & Bean, 1885

Gray Flounder

Body a deep oval; head short, pointed; space between eyes very narrow, with a strongly elevated ridge; mouth very small; lower jaws not symmetrical, jaws on blind side arched; teeth small, in a single series on each jaw, concentrated on blind side of upper jaw; gill rakers short and stout, 5-8 + 3-6; dorsal rays 70-83; anal rays 53-56; pelvics symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, rays 10; lateral line well developed on both sides, straight, no branch under lower eye; body with large accessory scales that cover 3/4 of main scales; snout with scales before level of nostrils, teeth on those scales highly modified, especially in large males; main scales on blind side rough; 36-45 lateral line scales.

Mid-brown body and fins; lateral line with 3 dark obscure blotches.

Size: to 13 cm.

Inhabits soft mud and sand bottoms.

Depth: 7-190 m.

North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.