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butter sole (Isopsetta isolepis)
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Ecological Illustration of butter sole (Isopsetta isolepis)
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Pleuronectidae

butter sole

Isopsetta isolepis

Deep Bodied Pleuronectid Fish of Eastern Pacific

  • White
  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

butter sole is a migratory fish from Eastern Pacific. Records give a maximum length of 55 cm. Its body is deep body.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Flatfishes
Family
Pleuronectidae
Genus
Isopsetta
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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