New Zealand brill

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New Zealand brill

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Colistium
Species:	C. guntheri
Binomial name
*Colistium guntheri* (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms
Ammotretis guntheri Hutton, 1873

The New Zealand brill, Colistium guntheri, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around New Zealand, at depths of between 27 metres (89 ft) and 49 metres (161 ft). It can grow to 91 centimetres (36 in) in length and can weigh up to 1.8 kilograms (4.0 lb).^[1]^[2]

Identification

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The New Zealand brill is a righteyed flounder and so has both its eyes on the right-hand side of its body. Its upper surface is dark grey in colour, with its edges and fins almost black; the outer edge of each scale is black, which explains the longitudinal black lines that occur along the length of the body.^[2]

References

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^ Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (5 June 2009). "Colistium guntheri". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
^ ^a ^b Manikiam, John (December 1969). "A Guide to The Flatfishes (Order Heterosomata) of New Zealand". Tuatara: Journal of the Biological Society. 17 (3): 118–129. Retrieved 2009-06-18.

Endemic marine fish of New Zealand

Alert pigfish (Alertichthys blacki)
Blue cod (Parapercis colias)
Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni)
Draughtsboard shark (Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
Fiordland brotula (Fiordichthys slartibartfasti)
Garfish (Hyporhamphus ihi)
Giant stargazer (Kathetostoma giganteum)
Girdled wrasse (Notolabrus cinctus)
Graham's gudgeon (Grahamichthys radiata)
Hector's clingfish (Gastroscyphus hectoris)
Longsnout pipefish (Leptonotus norae)
New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa)
New Zealand black angelfish (Parma alboscapularis)
New Zealand black goby (Gobiopsis atrata)
New Zealand blueback sprat (Sprattus antipodum)
New Zealand brill (Colistium guntheri)
New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
New Zealand damselfish (Chromis dispilus)
New Zealand flathead (Bembrops morelandi)
New Zealand lumpfish (Trachelochismus pinnulatus)
New Zealand rockfish (Acanthoclinus littoreus)
New Zealand rough skate (Dipturus nasutus)
New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
New Zealand sand flounder (Rhombosolea plebeia)
New Zealand sand stargazer (Crapatalus novaezelandiae)
New Zealand slender clingfish (Gastrocyathus gracilis)
New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus)
New Zealand sole (Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae)
New Zealand sprat (Sprattus muelleri)
New Zealand topknot (Notoclinus fenestratus)
New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
New Zealand turbot (Colistium nudipinnis)
New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi)
Notchheaded marblefish (Aplodactylus etheridgii)
Oblique-swimming triplefin (Forsterygion maryannae)
Prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
Rough-head whiptail (Coelorinchus aspercephalus)
Slender stargazer (Crapatalus angusticeps)
Smooth deep-sea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
Spotted estuary smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
Spotty (Notolabrus celidotus)
Yellow-and-black triplefin (Forsterygion flavonigrum)

Taxon identifiers
Colistium guntheri	Wikidata: Q5106532 BOLD: 72440 FishBase: 12955 GBIF: 2409255 iNaturalist: 619366 IRMNG: 11403411 ITIS: 172975 NCBI: 1913631 NZOR: ce3a4df2-128f-4341-bdd3-9095ddde5b73 Open Tree of Life: 3640271 WoRMS: 280358

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