New Zealand sole

New Zealand sole
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Peltorhamphus
Species:	P. novaezeelandiae
Binomial name
	Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae; Günther, 1862

The New Zealand sole or common sole, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae, is a righteye flounder of the genus Peltorhamphus, found around New Zealand in shallow enclosed waters less than 100 m in depth. Their length is from 25 to 45 cm.

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae". FishBase. January 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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