Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)

Bastard sole

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Microchirus (Microchirus) variegatus (Donovan, 1808)

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        Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)

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Inhabits mud or sand bottoms. Feeds on a wide range of small bottom-living organisms, mainly crustaceans (amphipods, shrimps), also polychaete worms and bivalve mollusks (Ref. 4710). Utilized as a food fish.

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&speccode=1255

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"Microchirus variegatus (Donovan, 1808)". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/211403". Accessed 30 Jul 2010.

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