Crested flounder
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| Crested flounder | |
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| File:Lophonectes gallus (Crested flounder).gif | |
| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Bothidae |
| Genus: | Lophonectes |
| Species: | L. gallus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophonectes gallus Günther, 1880
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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.
References
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