Bay Flounder

Ammotretis rostratus

Fish
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth1–51 m
Water temperature12–23 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 46 records
February: 40 records
March: 37 records
April: 32 records
May: 7 records
June: 14 records
July: 19 records
August: 36 records
September: 35 records
October: 91 records
November: 43 records
December: 32 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–51 m · Deepest record: 420 m

0–10 m: 51 records
10–20 m: 16 records
20–30 m: 10 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 9 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–23 °C

10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 50 records
14–16 °C: 125 records
16–18 °C: 38 records
18–20 °C: 159 records
20–22 °C: 46 records
22–24 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Bay Flounder, Long-nosed Flounder, longsnouted flounder, Long-snouted Flounder, Long-snouted Sole, longsnout flounder, Long-snout Flounder

Other scientific names: Ammotretis adspersus, Ammotretis macleayi, Ammotretis ovalis, Ammotretis zonatus, Peltorhamphus bassensis, Rhombosolea bassensis, Solea uncinata

Similar species

Shortfin Flounder
Ammotretis brevipinnis
Elongated Flounder
Ammotretis elongatus
Bass Flounder
Ammotretis lituratus
Large-scaled Flounder
Ammotretis macrolepis

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
693 open-data records from 1898 to 2015.

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