New Zealand flounder

New Zealand flounder
New Zealand flounder
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Rhombosolea
Species: R. plebeia
Binomial name
Rhombosolea plebeia
(Richardson, 1843)

The New Zealand flounder, Rhombosolea plebeia, is a righteye flounder of the genus Rhombosolea, found around New Zealand in shallow waters down to depths of 100 m. Their length is from 25 to 45 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Rhombosolea plebeia" in FishBase. March 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
  1. ^ "Rhombolosea plebeia". IUCN Red List. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/154914/0. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 

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