Fringed Flounder
Etropus crossotus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Paralichthyidae
- Genus
- Etropus
Where to Find
Found in 15 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 2 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 17 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 27 records
- North Carolina, United States - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 6 records