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Crested flounder
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The crested flounder, Lophonectes gallus, is a lefteye flounder of the genus Lophonectes, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand in waters less than 240 m in depth. Their length is from 10 to 20 cm.
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Crested flounder | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Bothidae |
Genus: | Lophonectes |
Species: | L. gallus |
Binomial name | |
Lophonectes gallus Günther, 1880 | |
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