Flounder?

Hi everyone. The episode "The Pothole" was shown here in the UK last night. Can anyone tell me what kind of fish a flounder is?

Many thanks, Ian

Ian wrote:

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 Flounder was Kent Dorfman played by Steven Furst
(NOT Wayne Knight) Let's put this to rest OK?
:-)
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      Title: FLOUNDER SUPREME #47 (my version)
 Categories: Casseroles, Fish, Seafood
      Yield: 6 servings

    1/4 c  Onion,chopped
    1/8 ts Rosemary,crushed
      2 tb Butter or margarine
      1 pk Spinach,frozen,chopped(9.5oz
    1/4 c  Almonds,toasted,chopped
    1/2 c  Rice,cooked
      1 tb Lemon juice,fresh
      6    Flounder fillets,fresh(1.5lb
      1 cn Cream/mushroom soup(10.75oz)
    1/4 c  Water
           Paprika

1. In a saucepan, cook onion with rosemary in butter until tender. 2. Add spinach, almonds, rice and lemon juice; heat, stirring occasionally. 3. Place 1/4 cup mixture on each fish fillet; roll and secure with toothpicks. 4. Arrange fish rolls in a shallow 112x8x2-inch baking dish; bake in preheated 350'F. oven 20 minutes. 5. Meanwhile, blend soup and water; set aside. 6. Pour soup over baked fish, stirring around sides; bake 15 minutes longer, or until done. 7. Sprinkle with paprika and serve piping hot. NOTE: Flounder Supreme can be prepared in advance and refrigerated before you bake-and-serve. ===========================================================

For more than you will ever want to know about the Yellowtail go to: http://www.wh.whoi.edu/library/sos94/spsyn/fldrs/yellotail.html

Yellowtail Flounder

     Yellowtail flounder, Pleuronectes ferrugineus, range from Labrador to
Chesapeake Bay. Off the U.S. coast,
     commercially important concentrations are found on Georges Bank, off Cape
Cod, and in Southern New England,
     generally at depths between 37 and 73 m (20 to 40 fathoms). The U.S. fleet
also fishes for yellowtail in the
     northern Gulf of Maine, in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, and on the Grand Banks
of Newfoundland outside the Canadian
     200-mile limit (the Tail of the Bank). Yellowtail can attain lengths up to
47 cm (18.5 in.) and weights up to 1.0 kg
     (2.2 lb), but high rates of fishing mortality** have greatly reduced the
average size and age of fish in the stocks.
     Yellowtail appear to be relatively sedentary, although seasonal movements
have been documented. Spawning
     occurs during spring and summer, peaking in May. Larvae drift for a month
or more, then assume adult
     characteristics and become demersal. Yada Yada...

** 'High Rates of Fishing Mortality' - MEANS SHORT SIGHTED OVERFISHING!!!! (Ed.)

Thanks Mike. I think that's all I'm ever going to need to know!

Ian