Naked_sole

<i>Gymnachirus nudus</i>

Gymnachirus nudus

Species of fish

Gymnachirus nudus, the naked sole, also known as the flabby sole,[2] is a species of sole in the family Achiridae.[3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1858. It is known from throughout the western Atlantic. It dwells on soft bottoms at a depth range of 2 to 100 m (6.6 to 328.1 ft).[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 15 cm (5.9 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 12 cm (4.7 in).[3]

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The naked sole is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist, due to a lack of known threats to the species, although it makes note that it is sometimes harvested as bycatch in trawls for shrimp and other fish.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Synonyms of Gymnachirus nudus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. [2]
    Common names of Gymnachirus nudus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Gymnachirus nudus" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
  4. [4]
    Gymnachirus nudus at IUCN redlist.


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