The Antarctic armless flounder (Mancopsetta maculata) is a species of southern flounder found on subantarctic shelves, around Antarctic islands, and banks off East Antarctica. This species can grow to a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) SL. It lives in depths of from 100 to 1,115 metres (328 to 3,658 ft).
Antarctic armless flounder | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
Family: | Achiropsettidae |
Genus: | Mancopsetta T. N. Gill, 1881 |
Species: | M. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Mancopsetta maculata (Günther, 1880)
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mancopsetta maculata". FishBase. October 2012 version.