Genus Platichthys
Girard, 1854

Platichthys flesus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Introduced to the Soviet Caspian Sea basin in 1902 and 1930-1931 but not subsequently observed (Shukolyukov, 1937a). The introduction probably failed because the pelagic eggs were not buoyant at the low Caspian salinities (Baltz, 1991). Voronina (1999) is a recent systematic review of this species. No modern Iranian record although some were caught in the Anzali Mordab outlets in the 1930s (Holčík and Oláh, 1992). The Farsi name is pahn mahi.

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