MatBio: FISHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Spotted Whiff ¹
Citharichthys macrops

Bay Whiff ²
Citharichthys spilopterus

Gulf Flounder ³
Paralichthys albigutta

Summer Flounder ⁴
Paralichthys dentatus

Southern Flounder
Paralichthys lethostigma

Broad Flounder ¹
Paralichthys squamilentus

Ocellated Flounder ⁵
Ancylopsetta ommata

Fringed Flounder ²
Etropus crossotus

Hogchoker ⁶
Trinectes maculatus

Sole ⁷
Achirus lineatus

Blackcheek Tonguefish
Symphurus plagiusa

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

Photo Credits

1. SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
2. (c) FAO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
3. (c) Raredon, Sandra J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
4. (c) Michael McDonough, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
5. (c) Brandi Noble, some rights reserved (CC BY)
6. (c) Clinton & Charles Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY)
7. (c) Erling Holm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

MatBio: FISHES - Matanzas Biodiversity

Spotted Whiff 1 Citharichthys macrops

Bay Whiff 2 Citharichthys spilopterus

Gulf Flounder 3 Paralichthys albigutta

Summer Flounder 4 Paralichthys dentatus

Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma

Broad Flounder 1 Paralichthys squamilentus

Ocellated Flounder 5 Ancylopsetta ommata

Fringed Flounder 2 Etropus crossotus

Hogchoker 6 Trinectes maculatus

Sole 7 Achirus lineatus

Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa