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Hornyhead turbot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pleuronichthys
Species:
P. verticalis
Binomial name
Pleuronichthys verticalis
Distribution of hornyhead turbot

The hornyhead turbot (Pleuronichthys verticalis) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on soft sand and mud bottoms at depths of between 9 and 200 metres (30 and 656 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific, from Point Reyes in California to Magdalena Bay in Baja California, and the northern and central eastern parts of the Gulf of California. It can grow up to 37 centimetres (15 in) in length.[1][2]

Diet

The diet of the hornyhead turbot consists mainly of zoobenthos organisms, including amphipods, polychaetes[2] and clam siphons.

References

  1. ^ a b van der Heiden, Lea, B.; Findley, L. (2010). "Pleuronichthys verticalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183696A8160248. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183696A8160248.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Ed. Rainier Froese & Daniel Pauly (6 October 2010). "Pleuronichthys verticalis". Fishbase. Retrieved 2011-07-29.