''Gymnachirus melas'', the North American naked sole, also known as the naked sole,Common names of ''Gymnachirus melas''
at www.fishbase.org. is a species of sole in the family

Achiridae The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of flatfish occurring in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. The family includes about 35 species in seven genera. These are closely related to the soles (Soleidae), and have ...

. It was described by John Treadwell Nichols in 1916. It is known from Mexico, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the United States. It dwells at a depth range of .''Gymnachirus melas''
at the IUCN redlist. It reaches a maximum length of . Due to a lack of known threats to its population, the North American naked sole is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist. It is caught as

bycatch Bycatch (or by-catch), in the fishing industry, is a fish or other marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for specific species or sizes of wildlife. Bycatch is either the wrong species, the wrong sex, or is undersized or juve ...

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

and other trawls. It is of minor interest in commercial fisheries.

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Pleuronectiformes Taxa named by John Treadwell Nichols Fish described in 1916 {{Pleuronectiformes-stub