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Lemon sole
| Lemon sole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Microstomus |
| Species: | M. kitt
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| Binomial name | |
| Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
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| Range of the lemon sole | |
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The lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, where it lives on stony bottoms down to depths of about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft). It grows up to 65 centimetres (26 in) in length and reaches about 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) in weight.[2][3]
It is a popular food fish.
- ^ Munroe, T.A. (2021). "Microstomus kitt". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18227047A162705396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T18227047A162705396.en. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Microstomus kitt". FishBase.
- ^ Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. (2005). "Microstomus kitt". Encyclopaedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Habitas Online. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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