Spatial Variation in the Frequency of Left-Sided Morph in European Flounder Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Marginal Arctic (the White Sea)

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Peter N. Yershov, Gennadiy V. Fuks, Vadim M. Khaitov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: asymmetry; geographical variation; morph proportions; Pleuronectidae; lateral polymorphism; White Sea; Arctic; Kandalaksha; Onega; dvina; Onega Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14111004

The European flounder, Platichthys flesus, is a polymorphic flatfish, which has a large population variation in the proportion of left-sided and right-sided morphs across its geographic range. We compared the frequencies of these morphs in the White Sea (Kandalaksha, Onega, Dvina, and Mezen bays), t...