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Naked Sole
Gymnachirus melas
The North American naked sole (Gymnachirus melas), also known as the Naked sole, is a species of sole in the family Achiridae. It was described by John Treadwell Nichols in 1916. It is known from Mexico, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the United States. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 185 m (6.6 to 607.0 ft). It reaches a maximum length of 22 cm (8.7 in).
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317125.