Antarctic armless flounder
The Antarctic armless flounder (Mancopsetta maculata) is a species of southern flounder found on subantarctic shelves, around Antarctic islands, and banks off East Antarctica. This species can grow to a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) SL. It lives in depths of from 100 to 1,115 metres (328 to 3,658 ft).
| Antarctic armless flounder | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiropsettidae |
| Genus: | Mancopsetta T. N. Gill, 1881 |
| Species: | M. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Mancopsetta maculata (Günther, 1880) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Mancopsetta maculata" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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