''Gymnachirus nudus'', the naked sole, also known as the flabby sole,Common names of ''Gymnachirus nudus''
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

Johann Jakob Kaup Johann Jakob von Kaup (10 April 1803 – 4 July 1873) was a German naturalist. A proponent of natural philosophy, he believed in an innate mathematical order in nature and he attempted biological classifications based on the Quinarian system. Kaup ...

in 1858. It is known from throughout the western Atlantic. It dwells on soft bottoms at a depth range of .''Gymnachirus nudus''
at IUCN redlist. 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, due to a lack of known threats to the species, although it makes note that it is sometimes harvested 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 ...

in trawls for

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 fish.

References

Pleuronectiformes Fish described in 1858 Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup {{Pleuronectiformes-stub