Greenback Flounder - Family Pleuronectidae
 

Introduced Species

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Conger Eel

Red rock cod

Pipefish, Seahorse, Seadragon

Gurnard

Flathead

Barber Perch

Cardinal fish, Gobbleguts

Marble Fish /Stinky Groper

Jackass Morwong

Bastard Trumpeter 

Stripey Trumpeter

Blue Throat Wrasse

Purple Wrasse

Rock Whiting

Stargazer

Greenback Flounder

Leatherjacket

Cowfish

Porcupine (Globe) Fish

 

  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Chordata
  • Class Osteichthyes - Bony Fish
  • Family Pleuronectidae - Right-eyed Flounders
  • Rhombosolea tapirina - Greenback Flounder
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    Rhombosolea tapirina - Greenback Flounder
    (Grant, 1987)
    Habitat: Sheltered sand; 0 - 100 m depth
    Distribution: WA to NSW and around Tasmania
    Maximum size: Length to 450 mm
    Diet: Polychaetes and other invertebrates
    Comments:
    Slighty buried under the sand, flounder are the masters of camouflage. When they are larval fish, they have one eye on each side of the body. As they develop, the left eye migrates over to the right side of the body, leaving the left with no eye. In another family (Bothidae), the eyes are located on the left side of the body.