European flounder (Platichthys flesus)
General data
- Main name: European flounder
- Local names: Mediterranean flounder, Butt
- Climates: Temperate
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Europe
- Distribution: Black sea, Nestos, Baltic sea, Don, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), View all... Loire, Daugava (Western Dvina), Garonne, Mezen, Lake Vistonida, Northern Dvina, Guadalete, Guadalquivir, Veleka, Trent, Great Ouse, North Sea, Norwegian sea, English channel, Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Platichthys - Platichthys
- Family: Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders
- Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
