Lemon sole
| Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) | ||||
| Family: | Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) |
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| Order: | Pleuronectiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Lemon sole | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to the White Sea and off Iceland. | |||
| Adult biology: | Lives most often on stony bottoms. Feeds on a variety of small invertebrates, but polychaetes seem to dominate. Apparently they do not feed in wintertime (Ref. 9900). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). | |||
| Diagnosis: | At a length of about 9 mm, groups of pigment on the margin of the dorsal and ventral fin are present. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 72°N - 43°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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