Lepidorhombus boscii: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lepidorhombus boscii lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lepidorhombus boscii
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Pleuronectiformes
Family	Scophthalmidae

Where does the lepidorhombus boscii live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lepidorhombus boscii in 6 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lepidorhombus boscii endangered?

The lepidorhombus boscii’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lepidorhombus boscii?

The lepidorhombus boscii (Lepidorhombus boscii) is a ray-finned fish in the order Pleuronectiformes and the family Scophthalmidae, genus Lepidorhombus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lepidorhombus boscii

The four-spot megrim (Lepidorhombus boscii) is a species of flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is found a depths between 7 and 800 m (23 and 2,625 ft) (typically between 100–450 m) in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. It reaches a length of 40 cm (16 in). It can be separated from its close relative, the megrim or whiff (L. whiffiagonis), by the dark spots towards the rear of the fins.

In Spanish it is known as gallo de cuatro manchas (or more often, simply gallo), sometimes (depending on the region or city) ojito. In Galician it is rapante or meiga de catro manchas and in Catalan it is palaia bruixa de quatre taques, serrandell or llisèria. In France it is known as cardine à quatre taches.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lepidorhombus boscii (revision 1325596306), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1859367 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).