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The Comparative Osteology Of The Trunk Skeletons Of Three Species Of Paralichthys, Family Bothidae, From North Carolina, William Marion Hall

Master's Theses

Paralichthys albigutta Jordan and Gilbert, the gulf flounder, which occurs over sand bottoms, and Paralichthys let:nostigma Jordan and Gilbert, the southern flounder,which occurs over mud bottoms , are southern species with ranges extending into the Gulf of Mexico.Paralichthys dentatus, the summer flounder, is tho northern species and is tolerant of several types of bottoms but is most frequently found over sand or hard bottoms. The ranges of the three species overlap in an area along the eastern coast of the United States from central North Carolina to near Jacksonville, Florida. The flounders are closely related and unless the pig­ment pattern …