- Banded-fin flounder
Taxobox
name = Banded-fin flounder
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Pleuronectiformes
familia =Pleuronectidae
genus = "Azygopus"
species = "A. pinnifasciatus"
binomial = "Azygopus pinnifasciatus"
binomial_authority = Norman, 1926 The banded-fin flounder or spotted flounder, "Azygopus pinnifasciatus", is arighteye flounder , the only species in the genus "Azygopus", found around the Indo-WestPacific Ocean s, including southernAustralia andNew Zealand , on thecontinental slope at depths of between 120 and 900 m. Their length is up to 20 cm. The banded-fin flounder is a righteye flounder meaning it has both eyes on the right side of the head and lies on its left side. It has the typical flattened oval shape of the flounder with the dorsal andanal fin s forming a fringe around most of the body, and a pointed snout.The colouring is distinctive, being pale brown marked with conspicuous small dark spots, and a dark spot on each side of the end of the
caudal fin.References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1982 ) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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