Blackhand sole
| Blackhand sole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Pegusa |
| Species: | P. nasuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814) | |
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The blackhand sole (Pegusa nasuta) is a fish species in the family Soleidae, common in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov.[1] It was considered a subspecies of the sand sole in past, as Pegusa lascaris nasuta.[2] Therefore, it is sometimes mistakenly mentioned for the Black Sea fauna as Pegusa lascaris.[3] It is a marine, subtropical demersal fish, up to 17 cm long.
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pegusa nasuta". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Vasilyeva E.D. (2007) Fishes of the Black Sea, VNIRO, Moscow, 238 pp. (in Russian)
- ↑ Movchan Yu.V. (2011) Fish of Ukraine, Kiev, 422 pp. (in Ukrainian)