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Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Glyptocephalus
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 5 countries and 2 regions.
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 34 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 4034 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1036 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 3697 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 143 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 60 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1507 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 57 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 25 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1780 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 230 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 3077 records