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Article: Preliminary genetic population structure of southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Fishery Bulletin
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, inhabit coastal waters from Albemarle Sound, North Carolina to the Baja Laguna Madre del Sur in northern Mexico, but they are apparently absent from southern Florida (Ginsburg, 1952). This species inhabits coastal bays, sounds, and lagoons from spring to fall and migrates offshore to spawn in late fall and winter (Stokes, 1977). Valuable sport and commercial fisheries for southern flounder exist in both the northern Gulf of Mexico (Warren et al. (1); Robinson et al. (2)) and the western North Atlantic (Monaghan (3)).
Declines in southern flounder absolute abundance in some regions (e.g. Texas during the 1980s; Fuls and ...