The Gulf of Mexico fringed sole (''Gymnachirus texae''), also known as the fringed sole,Common names of ''Gymnachirus texae''
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

Gordon Gunter Gordon Gunter (August 18, 1909 – December 19, 1998) was an American marine biologist and fisheries scientist. He is noted for his pioneering study of fisheries in the northern Gulf of Mexico, a topic to which he devoted his entire profession ...

in 1936, originally under the genus '' Nodogymnus''. It is known from the United States and Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of .''Gymnachirus texae''
at the IUCN redlist. It reaches a maximum total length of . The Gulf of Mexico fringed sole is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist, although it makes note that part of its range was affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. 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 ...

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 ...

trawls.

References

Pleuronectiformes Fish described in 1936 Taxa named by Gordon Gunter {{Pleuronectiformes-stub