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Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus)
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Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) specimen
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Pleuronectidae

Dover sole

Microstomus pacificus

Pleuronectid Fish Over Sandy Bottoms

  • Temperate
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

Dover sole is a marine fish of Eastern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 76 cm.

Maximum length
76 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Stalemate Bank in the Aleutian Islands and San Cristobal Bay, Baja California, Mexico.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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