Black flounder
Appearance
Black flounder | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Genus: | Rhombosolea |
Species: | R. retiaria
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Binomial name | |
Rhombosolea retiaria Hutton, 1873
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The black flounder (Rhombosolea retiaria) is a flatfish of the genus Rhombosolea, found around New Zealand in shallow enclosed waters and coastal freshwater lakes. Its adult length ranges from 20 to 45 cm.
References
- ^ David, B.; Franklin, P.; Hitchmough, R.; et al. (2014). "Rhombosolea retiaria". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T197304A2481933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T197304A2481933.en. Downloaded on 26 March 2018.
- "Rhombosolea retiaria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhombosolea retiaria". 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