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| Species: | P. latus
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| Peltorhamphus latus James, 1972
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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.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Peltorhamphus latus" in FishBase. May 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