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Deepwater Flounder
Monolene sessilicauda Goode, 1880
Also calledMonolène du large (fra) · cardeau des profondeurs (fra) · lenguado de fondo (spa)
First described in: Goode, G. B. (1880). Descriptions of seven new species of fishes from deep soundings on the southern New England coast, with diagnoses of two undescribed genera of flounders and a genus related to Merlucius. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 165): 337-350.
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Three specimens of this species were obtained from Station 314, lat. 32 3 24: ' N., long. 78 ° 44 ' \\ r., at a depth of 142 fathoms. The species has also been found only by the U. S. Fish Commission off L J Newport, R. I., in 115 to 150 fathoms.
Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2408607.