Freshwater left eyed flounders?

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Leo1234

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I got a 6in freshwater flounder recently that I have been trying to identify. It came from Aqua Imports and was caught in columbia. They list it as
South American Freshwater Flounder (Trinectes cf. hubbsbollinger). I noticed that it has its eyes on the left side (lays down on the right) and that many of the freshwater soles have . It also has a rather large mouth that looks hinged. currently keeping it in freshwater. Anyone have a guess as to what species it is or at least what genus or family it might be from? Will post some pictures shortly
 
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I'd put my bet on it being a sole of some kind. Looks too elongated for a flounder but then again I'm no expert.
 
the only thing is all of the soles from Columbia that I could find have rather small mouths while this one has a large, somewhat pointed mouth. Closest one so far seems to be the Citharichthys gilberti (bigmouth sanddab) Honestly it looks like a mini california halibut (which I know it is not one). What makes it hard to figure out is nothing I find seems to have a similar jaw to it
 
Leo1234 said:
the only thing is all of the soles from Columbia that I could find have rather small mouths while this one has a large, somewhat pointed mouth. Closest one so far seems to be the Citharichthys gilberti (bigmouth sanddab) Honestly it looks like a mini california halibut (which I know it is not one). What makes it hard to figure out is nothing I find seems to have a similar jaw to it
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Definitely looks like some type of sole. How big is he
 
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