Home

Hagfishes

Chimaeras

Lampreys

Sharks and Rays

Large-tooth flounders

Halosaurs and deep-sea Spiny eels

Lightfishes and Dragonfishes

Live bearers, Killifishes and Rivulines

Pipefishes and Seahorses

Pricklefishes, Bigscales and Gibberfishes

Puffers and Filefishes

Pygmy sunfishes

Salmons

Sawbellies

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads

Silversides

Smelts

Spiny eels

Sticklebacks and Seamoths

Sturgeons and Paddlefishes

Swallowers and Gulpers

Tarpons and Tenpounders

Toadfishes

Trout-perches, Pirate perches and Cavefish

Velifers, Tube-eyes and Ribbonfishes

250L community aquarium

Shrimp flounder (Gastropsetta frontalis) fish species and information / pictures of Shrimp flounder - Gastropsetta frontalis

Shrimp flounder (Gastropsetta frontalis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Gastropsetta frontalis

Common Name
Shrimp flounder

Biology
Occurs in bays, lagoons and shallow coastal waters.

Classification

Classified By

Bean, 1895

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Large-tooth flounders (Paralichthyidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Atlantic

Distribution

Western Atlantic: North Carolina to Florida in the USA and the Bahamas; northern Gulf of Mexico to Panama.

Range

37°N - 9°N

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

82 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 82 m (Ref. 58018)

Trophic Level

3.51 s.e. 0.60 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

25.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (22 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated