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Whiff
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Faimily: Scophthalmidae
Genus: Lepidorhombus
Species: L. whiffiagonis
Binomial name
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
(Walbaum, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Lepidorhombus megastoma Donovan, 1804
  • Pleuronectes megastoma Donovan, 1804
  • Pleuronectes pseudopalus Pennant, 1812
  • Pleuronectes whiffiagonis Walbaum, 1792
  • Rhombus (Lepidorhombus) whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)

The whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) is a speshies o left-eed flatfish in the faimily Scophthalmidae. It is foond in the northeast Atlantic an Mediterranean Sea atween 100 an 700 m (330 an 2,300 ft) ablo sea level.[1] It is catcht commercially in some kintras.[1]

References

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  1. a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis" in FishBase. May 2014 version.