Lemon sole

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iLemon sole

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Microstomus
Species: M. kitt
Binomial name
Microstomus kitt
(Walbaum, 1792)

The lemon sole, Microstomus kitt, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, where it lives on stony bottoms down to about 200 m. It grows up to 65 cm in length and about 3 kg in weight.

It is a popular food fish.

[edit] See also

Several other species of flatfish are known as lemon soles:

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