What are flounders?
Q: What are flounders?
A: Flounders are a group of flatfish that live at the bottom of coastal lagoons and estuaries of the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Q: What is the suborder Pleuronectoidei?
A: The suborder Pleuronectoidei is a group of flatfish families that includes Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Samaridae.
Q: Are all flounders close relations?
A: No, flounders are not all close relations. The term "flounder" is a form name used for a group of flatfish who only related by being in the suborder Pleuronectoidei.
Q: How many eyes do flounders have when they are hatched?
A: When flounders are hatched, they have one eye on each side of their head.
Q: What happens to the eyes of flounders as they grow?
A: As flounders grow, one eye moves until they have both eyes on the same side of the head.
Q: What has industrial overfishing done to flounder populations?
A: Industrial overfishing has significantly reduced the flounder population to one-tenth of its original size.
Q: Why are the remaining flounder individuals smaller?
A: The remaining flounder individuals are smaller because they rarely have the time to grow to their full size due to industrial overfishing.
