Armless flounder
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| Armless flounder | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiropsettidae |
| Genus: | Neoachiropsetta |
| Species: | N. milfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoachiropsetta milfordi Günther, 1880 |
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The armless flounder, Neoachiropsetta milfordi, is a southern flounder, the only species in the genus Neoachiropsetta. It is found in Antarctic and subantarctic waters, in depths of between 100 and 1,000 m, and grows to between 30 and 60 cm in length.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Neoachiropsetta milfordi" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
