Pleuronectidae

fluke

Platichthys flesus

Sixty Centimeters Pleuronectid Fish from European Waters

• Temperate
• Coastal
• Transcontinental
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• North America
• West Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Large
• Temperate fish

fluke is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.