Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Channel Flounder
Syacium micrurum
Channel Flounder
Category: Sand Flounders
Scientific Name: Syacium micrurum
Size: 4 to 10 in. (10 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 2-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Bahamas, Caribbean, Florida
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Pleuronectiformes (Order)
     └Paralichthyidae (Family)
      └Syacium (Genus)

Bottom Dwellers
Sand Flounders

Channel Flounder



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