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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Pleuronichthys |
| Species: | P. ritteri |
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| Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & E. L. Morris, 1907 | |
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| Distribution of spotted turbot | |
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pleuronichthys ritteri" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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