Wide-eyed flounder

Biology

Wide-eyed flounder it a flat fish that lives in sandy bottoms at depths between two and 400 meters, usually in shallow waters. To camouflage itself, it buries itself in the sand, becoming almost invisible. It can measure up to 45 centimetres in length. It feeds on invertebrates and small fish.

Conservation

This is a species of interest for commercial fishing, and it is caught with trawls, seine, gill and trammel nets.

Curiosities

Flatfish are not born flat; they are born fusiform like most fish, and undergo a metamorphosis that consists in the migration of one eye to the other side of the head, leaving both eyes on the same side, which will be facing the surface.