New Zealand sole

New Zealand sole
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Rhombosoleidae
Genus: Peltorhamphus
Species:
P. novaezeelandiae
Binomial name
Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae
Günther, 1862
Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae by Frank Edward Clarke

The New Zealand sole or common sole, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae, is a righteye flounder of the genus Peltorhamphus, found around New Zealand in shallow enclosed waters less than 100 m in depth. Their length is from 25 to 45 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae". FishBase. January 2006 version.
  • 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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