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IN the Pleuronectidae (order Heterosomata, subclass Neopterygii1, class Pisces), hybrids occur in nature between plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L., and flounder2, Platichthys flesus (L.), especially in the Baltic in particular years, and presumed brill–burbot hybrids are fairly common off the Danish and Dutch coasts3. Other records of flatfish hybrids from north-west Europe are either extremely rare or of doubtful validity.
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RILEY, J., THACKER, G. New Intergeneric Cross within the Pleuronectidae, Dab × Flounder. Nature 221, 484–486 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221484a0
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