| Citation | Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007, Handbook of European freshwater fishes.. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. |
| Ref. | Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007 |
| Page | 595 |
| Named Used as Valid | Pleuronectes platessa |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Mediterranean, along all European coasts to White and Barents seas; absent in northern Baltic, Black and Caspian seas; regularly reported from freshwaters of Kanin Peninsula (Barents Sea), occasionally from freshwater outside Barents Sea basin. |
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