Are all NZ flounder right facing?
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Printed Date: 27 Jan 2026 at 4:42pm
Topic: Are all NZ flounder right facing?
Posted By: Keith C
Subject: Are all NZ flounder right facing?
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025 at 1:23pm
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Might seem like a strange question, but watching a U tube video on flounder filleting, I found their cuts didn't work for our flounder. I then discovered that there are both left-facing and right-facing flounder. So ours are right-facing here in Taranaki? Has anyone seen a left-facing flounder in NZ?  Right-facing means when laid flat, mouth is on the right with gill slit below the mouth. Left-facing means mouth is on the left with the gill slit below the mouth. 
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Posted By: lawabidingpoacher
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025 at 6:41pm
| Apparently no left facing flattes in New Zealand . |
Posted By: Mc Tool
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025 at 4:20pm
apparently we do but they both got big long names that I aint even going to try and spell ( google it )
and anyhow we do need to be careful because some of these right eyed flounders will identify as being left eyed flounders regardless of actual physiology . Im thinkin they would probly only eat seaweed too, and thusly maybe a bit skinny and not be to everyone's taste....................................  ------------- I wish I was young again .... Id be heaps smarter than this time |