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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
Temperate
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Deep-bodied
Largefluke is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Platichthys
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: coastal and brackish waters of western Europe and from the White Sea to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Ref. 4705 , Ref. 51442 ). Introduced into the USA and Canada accidentally through transport in ballast water (Ref. 1739 ). Asia: Iran (Ref. 39702 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
