Blackhand sole
| Blackhand sole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Soleidae |
| Genus: | Pegusa |
| Species: | P. nasuta
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| 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] Marine subtropical demersal fish, up to 17 cm long.
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pegusa nasuta.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pegusa nasuta" in 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)
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