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So I am usually pretty good at fish ID but this one has me kind of stumped. Caught it in a tidal creek coming out of some mangroves at Anclote Key. Thought 100% a juvenile flounder but after looking at pics I’m not so sure. No defined tail, it was a perfect tear drop shape with fins all around. Any thoughts?


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It’s a baby flounder.. ain’t it cute


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Red Beard wrote:It’s a baby flounder.. ain’t it cute


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That’s what I was thinking just looked a little odd based on the pics I found on Google. Super cute though and by boy loved checking him out. The saltwater never disappoints with cool stuff.


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Angler85 wrote:

Red Beard wrote:It’s a baby flounder.. ain’t it cute


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That’s what I was thinking just looked a little odd based on the pics I found on Google. Super cute though and by boy loved checking him out. The saltwater never disappoints with cool stuff.


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Your right about that, everytime I go out I seem to notice something new. Had a tiger shark swim around the boat yesterday. Last week had a devil ray that was the size of a car hood slowly glide buy.

I say flounder due to the fin shapes and color on the sides. That shape is more tear drop than normal. Where was its eyes? Kind of looks like it has one on each side. Which may explain the shape, it’s not yet swimming flat.


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Red Beard wrote:

Angler85 wrote:

Red Beard wrote:It’s a baby flounder.. ain’t it cute


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That’s what I was thinking just looked a little odd based on the pics I found on Google. Super cute though and by boy loved checking him out. The saltwater never disappoints with cool stuff.


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Your right about that, everytime I go out I seem to notice something new. Had a tiger shark swim around the boat yesterday. Last week had a devil ray that was the size of a car hood slowly glide buy.

I say flounder due to the fin shapes and color on the sides. That shape is more tear drop than normal. Where was its eyes? Kind of looks like it has one on each side. Which may explain the shape, it’s not yet swimming flat.


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He was totally swimming flat, both eyes on one side. I didn’t know he was there and kicked up up and he buried himself right away.


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Well dang.. maybe I shouldn’t judge his shape. Could grow up to be a new record. Lol


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When I used to gig, we saw what I always called skates. They resemble flounder but aren’t.

They were usually a couple to three inches long. We scooped a couple up and looked at them close. They were Definitely not a flounder. When we did see a 2-3” flounder they were very detailed like the larger ones. Dark on one side and white on the other.


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Looks like a hogchocker. Very common species found throughout coastal Florida. 3 inches is about their max size.

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/disco ... hogchoker/

All the pictures I find of tiny flounder have a distinct tail and fins. This one looks different.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAk

STMU wrote:Looks like a hogchocker. Very common species found throughout coastal Florida. 3 inches is about their max size.

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/disco ... hogchoker/

I think you could be right.


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Compare to a Toungefish
Family Cynoglossidae