Gymnachirus nudus


Gymnachirus nudus, the naked sole, also known as the flabby sole, is a species of sole in the family Achiridae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1858. It is known from throughout the western Atlantic. It dwells on soft bottoms at a depth range of. It reaches a maximum total length of, more commonly reaching a TL of.
The naked sole is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist because of a lack of known threats to the species, although it makes note that it is sometimes harvested as bycatch in trawls for shrimp and other fish.

Distribution

Muddy bottoms of the Western Atlantic, from Florida to northern South America.