Spotted turbot

The spotted turbot (Pleuronichthys ritteri) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 1 and 50 metres (3.3 and 164.0 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the Eastern Pacific, from Morro Bay in California to southern Baja California in Mexico. It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[2][1]

Spotted turbot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pleuronichthys
Species:
P. ritteri
Binomial name
Pleuronichthys ritteri
Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907
Distribution of spotted turbot

References

  1. van der Heiden, Lea, B. & Findley, L. (2010). "Pleuronichthys ritteri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183665A8154649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183665A8154649.en.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Downloaded on 24 March 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pleuronichthys ritteri" in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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