The windowpane flounder (''Scophthalmus aquosus'') is a

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in the

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Scophthalmidae The Scophthalmidae are a family (biology), family of flatfish found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea. Fish of this family are known commonly as turbots, though this name can refer specifically to ''Scophth ...

. It is widespread at a depth of 5–73 meters in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to

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in the United States. An important commercial species, they can grow up to 45.7 cm in length, and live up to 7 years.

References

''Scophthalmus aquosus'' at FishBase
windowpane flounder Commercial fish Fish of the Western Atlantic Fauna of Atlantic Canada Fish of the Eastern United States windowpane flounder Taxa named by Samuel L. Mitchill {{Pleuronectiformes-stub