Species: Paralichthys dentatus, Summer flounder

Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Summer flounder

Body oval, elongate (41-47% of SL); eyes on left side; narrow and flat between eyes; upper profile of head straight; mouth large (top jaw 42-53% of head length), ends under rear edge of lower eye in adults; teeth are large canines, in a single row on each jaw; 15 (13-18) lower gill rakers; dorsal rays 80-96, its origin above center between nostrils, front rays not elongated; 61-73 anal rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, eye-side fin short (not reaching to straight part of lateral line) and rounded, 10-12 rays; pelvic fin bases symmetric, base of neither fin on body midline, fins same size; urinary papilla on eye side, immediately behind level of anus; tail with a blunt point; eye-side scales smooth and small, 91-106 on lateral line; lateral line well developed on both sides, extending onto head, with branches to upper eye and below lower eye, strongly arched over pectoral fin.