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Petrale Sole

Eopsetta jordani

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 1,557, February 1,447, March 2,245, April 2,627, May 4,062, June 3,538, July 2,808, August 2,503, September 2,200, October 1,745, November 1,405, December 1,423.
Canada27,558
British Columbia27,558
United States14,609
Alaska14,326
California218
Washington34
Oregon31

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusEopsetta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Petrale Sole with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.