megrim
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Scophthalmidae
- Genus
- Lepidorhombus
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 9 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 11 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 398 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 20 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 268 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 65 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 9454 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 5001 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 4 records
- Azores, Portugal - 32 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 2 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 197 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 453 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 922 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 1 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 1 records