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European Flounder

Platichthys flesus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 15,034, February 11,104, March 17,398, April 27,371, May 39,464, June 43,033, July 46,048, August 39,601, September 29,074, October 21,702, November 11,859, December 9,269.
United States310,980
Alaska310,958
United Kingdom80
Canada53
Netherlands49
Denmark44
England41
Scotland29
New Brunswick25
Zeeland19

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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
GenusPlatichthys

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