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Fantail sole

Xystreurys liolepis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) jdor_cas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

California HalibutParalichthys californicus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	324
California	321
Arizona	3

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

Traits

Physical

AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Ray-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
Order	Jacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
Family	Large-tooth Flounders · Paralichthyidae
Genus	Xystreurys

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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