Ever caught a piebald flounder?

I haven't but I have seen a couple over the years, both in person and in photographs. Flounder Revolution reader Thomas Barlow sent in a cool pic of a piebald flounder for everyone to check out.



At this point, you're probably asking, "Chester, what the heck is piebald?"

According to the Random House Dictionary, it means, "having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary defines it as, "Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled..."

It is essentially a mutation that manifests itself in many animals including whitetail deer, horses and various species of fish, including our favorite....Paralichthys lethostigma.

The Marine and Freshwater Products handbook says of flounder that, "Failure for the eye to migrate over because of a skull bone obstruction often causes piebald, anomalous colored portions to the body, head or tail."

Do you have any pics of piebald flounder or other unusual specimens? Have any of you ever caught a Gulf flounder or another speices maybe even in your cast net? There are more than 20 flatfish species in Texas waters.

We'd love to see pics. E-mail them to cmoore@fishgame.com with details.