Crested flounder

Lophonectes gallus

Bothid Fish of New Zealand Waters

Crested flounder is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Bothidae
Genus: Lophonectes
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: eastern Australia (ranging south to South Australia and Tasmania, Ref. 9563 ) and New Zealand.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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