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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPleuronectiformes
  4. ›familyParalichthyidae
  5. ›genusParalichthys
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Dappled Flounder

Paralichthys woolmani Jordan & Williams, 1897

Also calledCardeau Huarache (fra) · lenguado huarache (spa)

First described in: Gilbert, C. H. (1897). Descriptions of twenty-two new species of fishes collected by the steamer Albatross, of the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 19 (no. 1115): 437-457, Pls. 49-55.

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description

Dappled Flounder or Speckled Flounder. To 89 cm (35 in) TL (John Snow, pers. comm. to M. L.). Punta Pequeña (26 ° 14 ’ N, 112 ° 28.5 ’ W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Chimbote, Peru (Chirichigno 1974), including Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002), and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Marine and brackish waters (Hensley in Fischer et al. 1995); benthic; depth: 0.6 – 248 m (2 – 813 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Herrera-Valdivia et al. 2016).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2408868.