New Zealand sole
Species of fish
| New Zealand sole | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| 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.) (2006). "Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae" in 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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Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
- Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
- Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni)
- Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
- Fiordland brotula (Fiordichthys slartibartfasti)
- Garfish (Hyporhamphus ihi)
- Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum)
- Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus)
- Graham's gudgeon (Grahamichthys radiata)
- Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris)
- Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae)
- New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa)
- New Zealand black angelfish (Parma alboscapularis)
- New Zealand black goby (Gobiopsis atrata)
- New Zealand blueback sprat (Sprattus antipodum)
- New Zealand brill (Colistium guntheri)
- New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
- New Zealand damselfish (Chromis dispilus)
- New Zealand flathead (Bembrops morelandi)
- New Zealand lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
- New Zealand rockfish (Acanthoclinus littoreus)
- New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
- New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
- New Zealand sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
- New Zealand sand stargazer (Crapatalus novaezelandiae)
- New Zealand slender clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)
- New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
- New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae)
- New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri)
- New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus)
- New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
- New Zealand turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
- New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
- Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
- Oblique-swimming triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae)
- Prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
- Rough-head whiptail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus)
- Slender stargazer (Crapatalus angusticeps)
- Smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
- Spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
- Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus)
- Yellow-and-black triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum)
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