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A rare occurrence of reversal in the common megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Pleuronectiformes: Scophthalmidae) in the northern North Sea
Author(s) -
MacDonald P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/jfb.12204
Subject(s) - meristics , biology , sinistral and dextral , north sea , zoology , fishery , oceanography , paleontology , tectonics , geology
An adult (231 mm standard length, L S ; 371 mm total length, L T ), dextral (right‐sided) common megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis is reported from the northern North Sea. This is the first recorded occurrence of reversal in this species. Other than its reversed asymmetry, the specimen had morphological and meristic characteristics similar to those of non‐reversed individuals of the same species.