Diamond turbot

Diamond turbot
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Pleuronectiformes
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Hypsopsetta
Species:	H. guttulata
Binomial name
Hypsopsetta guttulata (Girard, 1856)

The diamond turbot, Hypsopsetta guttulata, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives in subtropical waters on sand or mud bottoms at depths of up to 50 metres (160 ft), though it is most commonly found between 1 and 20 metres (3.3 and 66 ft). Its native habitat is the coastal areas of the eastern Pacific, from Cape Mendocino, California in the north to Baja California in Mexico in the south. The turbot is dark green with light blue spots. It reaches up to 46 centimetres (18 in) in length, and its maximum reported lifespan is 9 years.^[1]

Diet

The diamond turbot feeds almost entirely during daylight, and its diet consists of benthos invertebrates such as polychaetes, molluscs and shrimps.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Hypsopsetta guttulata". Fishbase. 15 July 2009. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4241. Retrieved 2009-10-28. 

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