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Way
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More about the flounder
Way of life
The flounder is found from the shoreline and
down to about 25 metres, the younger keep to shallower waters. During
the summer they congregate in estuaries and brackish
water fjords. There, certain individuals wander into freshwater. During
the winter most flounders wander into deeper, warmer and saltier water.
What it eats
The flounders diet consists of ragworms,
mud
shrimps, shrimps, soft
clams, common
mussels, Baltic
macoma, black gobies and sand eels. Older
individuals prefer mainly molluscs and fish, while the young prefer crustaceans.
The pursuit for food follows a daily routine. It is most intensive at
night in shallow water, while during the day the flounder is dug into
the sediment and resting.
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