New Zealand sole
| New Zealand sole | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
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
- 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