Southern Flounder

(Paralichthys lethostigma)

THE FIN-TASTIC FLATFISH

Diet

  • Small fishes such as mummichogs and anchovies, and shrimp and other invertebrates


Agility

  • Quick bursts of movement

  • Not a long distance swimmer since they mainly hang out at the bottom of the marsh or ocean


Defense Mechanisms

  • Can change their color pattern to camouflage with their surroundings

  • Burry themselves under the sand to hide


Superpower

  • Within the first year of their life, one of their eyes migrates to the other side through metamorphosis so they are able to see what is above them while laying at the bottom of the ocean floor