Crested flounder
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{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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