Speckled sole

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iSpeckled sole
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Peltorhamphus
Species: P. latus
Binomial name
Peltorhamphus latus
James, 1972

The speckled sole, Peltorhamphus latus, is a righteye flounder of the family Pleuronectidae, found around New Zealand and Norfolk Island in shallow enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbours, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 55 m in depth. Their length is up to 17 cm.

The speckled sole has fewer dorsal and anal fin rays and fewer lateral line scales than the closely related New Zealand sole and Peltorhamphus tenuis.

[edit] References

  • "Peltorhamphus latus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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