A sandy-coloured to pale brown flounder speckled with variable darker spots, and a whitish pectoral fin on the blind side (underside). The Longsnout Flounder has both eyes on the right side of the head, the dorsal fin originating at the tip of the hooked snout, and two pelvic fins This is the most common flounder in Port Phillip, Victoria - mostly extremely well-camouflaged juveniles that are difficult to see

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Habitat Inhabits broken shelly and sandy areas in bays, estuaries and coastal waters, in depths to 80 m
Size Can grow to around 30cm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia from NSW to WA including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from NSW to WA including Tasmania
Habitat
Inhabits broken shelly and sandy areas in bays, estuaries and coastal waters, in depths to 80 m
Size
Can grow to around 30cm
Common Name Longsnout Flounder
Aliases Bay Flounder, Long-nosed Flounder,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderAcanthopterygii
OrderPleuronectiformes
SuborderPleuronectoidei
FamilyPleuronectidae
GenusAmmotretis
SpeciesAmmotretis rostratus
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