Description Max length: 100.0 cm Common length: 50.0 cm Max. published weight: 25.0 kg; Max. reported age: 25 years Length at first maturity: range 41 – 54 cm Environment Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range 20 – 70 m Distribution Northeast Atlantic: throughout the Mediterranean and along the European coasts...
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Ballan wrasse
Description: Max length: 65.9 cm Common length: 50.0 cm Max. published weight: 4,350 g; Max. reported age: 29 years Environment Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 – 50 m, usually 2 – 30 m Distribution Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco, including Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. Doubtful records from...
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Plaice
Description: Smooth with small scales. Bony ridge behind the eyes. Upper side brown or greenish brown with irregularly distributed bright red or orange spots. The underside is white. Lateral line straight, slightly curved above pectoral fin. Dorsal fin reaching eye. More than 30 vertebrae. Max length: 100.0 cm Common length:...
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Sole
Description Body oval, head rounded. Upper eye less than its own diameter from dorsal profile of head. Anterior nostril on blind side not enlarged. Dorsal fin beginning on upper profile of head. Eye side grayish-brown to reddish brown, with large and diffuse dark spots. Pectoral fin on eye side with...
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