Most flounder are the typical chocolate brown mixed with white spots that show up when they are alarmed or are blending into a certain bottom. This flounder caught on Lake Calcasieu is a “piebald,” a term used when an animal has unusual white patches (and sometimes mixed with black patches) on its body. I have seen a few photos of piebald flounder over the years but this is the first one I have personally photographed.

Piebald whitetail deer are sometimes called “calicos”. Piebald ball pythons are selectively bred and will fetch hundreds of dollars in the pet market.

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