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Flatfish Overview: Pleuronectiform Fishes

/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist

Flatfishes of the Family Pleuronectidae: Righteye Flounders

 

By Bob Fenner

 

Family Pleuronectidae: Mainly marine, a few brackish species, rarely in freshwater. 

Range:

    Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans.

Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris 1907, the Spotted Turbot. Eastern Pacific coast; mid-California to Baja. To one foot in length. Aquarium photo.

 
 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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