New Zealand sole
| New Zealand sole | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Rhombosoleidae |
| Genus: | Peltorhamphus |
| Species: | P. novaezeelandiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae Günther, 1862
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The New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae), also known as the common sole, 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.
Names
[edit]In English, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae is known as the common sole or the New Zealand sole. In the indigenous Māori language, the species is known by several names: horihori,[1] pakeke,[2] pātiki rore,[3] pātiki rori,[4] Raututu[5] and tarore.[6]
References
[edit]- 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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