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, English channel, Norwegian sea, Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Platichthys - Platichthys
- Family: Pleuronectidae - Righteye flounders
- Order: Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes