Platichthys flesus
Platichthys flesus
(European flounder)
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17 results for Platichthys flesus (European flounder)
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Specimen IDStateCountyLocalityYear HUC Number What's this? Drainage nameStatus
276669 MIGrand TraverseLake Michigan, Grand Traverse Bay1984 04190000 Lake Michiganfailed
1337379 MIHoughtonKeweenaw Peninsula1981 04020103 Keweenaw Peninsulafailed
1702241 MIKeweenawLake Superior, MI2000 04180000 Lake Superior 
159986 MIMacombLake St. Clair2000 04090002 Lake St. Clairfailed
40077 OH Lake Erie1984 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
1702243 ON Lake Erie2000   
276673 ON Lake Erie, north shore at Port Stanley, Ontario1996 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
39761 ON Lake Erie, inner Long Point Bay, off Port Rowan1974 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
276672 ON Lake Erie: southeast of Point Pelee, grid 66.1991 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
276674 ON Lake Erie; central basin off Port Burwell1987 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
276670 ON Lake Erie; Long Point Bay ~12 mi. south of Port Dover1976 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
276671 ON Lake Erie; off Erieau2000 04260000 Lake Eriefailed
159973 ON Lake Huron2000 04240002 Lake Huronfailed
35376 ON Lake Superior; Thunder Bay, just off McNab Point1981 04180000 Lake Superiorfailed
156778 ON Thunder Bay, at the mouth of the Mission River, on fish impingement screens of the Ontario Hydro generating station1994 04180000 Lake Superiorfailed
1633746 WIBayfieldLake Superior, northwest of Sand Island (Apostle Islands Area) in Grid 13072018 04180000 Lake Superiorunknown
1702242 WIOzaukeeLake Michigan2000 04190000 Lake Michigan 

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [2/16/2025].

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