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The Southern Flounder is found near the shore from North Carolina, south to the Gulf of Mexico, and around the Gulf Coast to Texas. Flounders are a flatfish, and generally spend most of their time buried just under the bottom. Their color changes from region to region to better blend in with the color of the bottoms that they live in.
Flounder hatches as fish that swim upright. As the fish ages, the right eye gradually migrates to the left side of the body, and they swim flat, rather than upright. Some of the other common names that they are known as include: Fluke, Flat Fish & Doormat. In Florida, there is another species of Flounder, The Gulf Flounder, that is much more rare.
Flounder actually like brackish water more than the salty water of the open ocean. It is not uncommon to find them much as 100 miles upstream. They live in anywhere from 8-80 feet of water.
Male Flounder never live more than about 3 years, and only grow to about 14.” Females live a couple of years longer, and can reach about 28” in length. Flounders camouflage themselves on the bottom of the sea bed and wait for their prey to pass over them, sucking them in with a vacuum. Their diet of choice includes shrimp, mullet, anchovies, croakers and menhaden.
Flounders spawn off shore from fall to winter.
Flounder is an important sport fish, and have some significance as a commercial fish in Florida, as the meat is highly prized. Most of the commercial catch is caught by shrimp trawlers. Gigging Flounder at night in grass flats is a common way for sports fishermen to catch them.
Flounder is a delicate fish and lends itself best to either sautéing or poaching.
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