Kapanık
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#nm_0633📍 Turkish Marmara
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Kapanik
- IPA
- /kapaˈnɯk/
From Turkish kapanık (closed, shut), from kapanmak (to close, to fold shut) + -ık (resultative suffix), for the flatfish lying folded flat on the seabed
20-25cm typical. Best season: November-May. Often confused with pisi (Platichthys flesus).
Alternates: Dil balığı (Turkish Aegean)