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Curlfin Sole

Pleuronichthys decurrens

Classification

The curlfin sole (Pleuronichthys decurrens) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It was first described to science by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert, his long-time mentee. It is a demersal fish that lives on soft bottoms at depths of between 8 and 530 metres (30 and 1,740 ft).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 1,388United States of America · 11