Crested flounder

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{{Speciesbox | name = Crested flounder

| image = Lophonectes_gallus_(Crested_flounder).gif

| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

| taxon = Lophonectes gallus

| authority = Günther, 1880

}}

The crested flounder, Lophonectes gallus, is a lefteye flounder of the genus Lophonectes, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand in waters less than 240 m in depth. Their length is from 10 to 20 cm.

References

  • {{FishBase species | genus = Lophonectes | species = gallus | month = February | year = 2006}}
  • 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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Category:Bothidae

Category:Fish described in 1880

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther