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Starry Flounder-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 21st

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Feb 21, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Starry Flounder-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 21st

WAA’UT PITURNIRTAARTUT MIKELNGUT. – THE SMALL FLOUNDERS ARE TASTY. The starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) is an abundant, bottom-dwelling fish found in Kodiak’s shallow ocean waters, brackish estuaries, and even intertidal areas of rivers. Like halibut, flounder have both eyes on one side of their head. The eye side of the flounder is typically brown or […]

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