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Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch, 1787)

Topknot
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Denmark country information

Common names: Hårhvarre
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the southeastern North Sea, northern Skagerrak and in Kattegat. No commercial fishery (Ref. 9900). Also Ref. 173.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/da.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlstrøm, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Scophthalmidae (Turbots)
Etymology: Zeugopterus: Greek, zygon = yoke + Greek, pteron = wing, fin.
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal, usually 1 - 40 m (Ref. 35388).   Temperate; 64°N - 43°N, 8°W - 14°E

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