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Pelotretis flavilatus (Lemon sole; New Zealand lemon sole; Southern lemon sole)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The southern lemon sole (Pelotretis flavilatus) is a righteye flounder, the only species in the genus Pelotretis, found around New Zealand in enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbours, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 385 m in depth. Their length is from 25 to 50 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Pelotretis flavilatus

Prey / Diet

Onuphis aucklandensis[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae (Common sole)1
Rhombosolea plebeia (Sand flounder)1

Predators

Arctocephalus forsteri (Australasian Fur Seal)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudobenthotrema richardsoni[3]
Pseudoneobivagina pelotretis[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Mary E. Livingston (1987) Food resource use among five flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes) in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 21:2, 281-293
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0