Common name | Tropical flounder |
Language | English |
Type | AFS |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'flounder', i.e., flatfish, Middle English, from Anglo-French 'floundre', of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse 'flythra', i.e., flounder (Ref. 27888). |