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Sand Sole

Pegusa lascaris

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 Alaska.January 98, February 72, March 113, April 178, May 257, June 280, July 300, August 258, September 189, October 141, November 77, December 60.
United States2,024
Alaska2,024
Portugal4
SETÚBAL2
Spain1
Illes Balears1
Greece1
FARO1
LEIRIA1
Egean1

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
FamilyTrue Soles · Soleidae
GenusPegusa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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