Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Pleuronectiformes (Order) Flatfishes
     └Paralichthyidae (Family) Sand Flounders
      └Syacium (Genus)
       └S. micrurum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158877🔗
iNaturalist ID: 317399🔗

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