Diamond turbot
| Diamond turbot | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Pleuronichthys |
| Species: | P. guttulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856
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The diamond turbot (Pleuronichthys guttulatus) 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 (0 and 70 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.[2]
Diet
The diamond turbot feeds almost entirely during daylight, and its diet consists of benthos invertebrates such as polychaetes, molluscs and shrimps.[2]
References
- ^ van der Heiden, Lea, B. & Findley, L. (2010). "Pleuronichthys guttulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T183514A8126281. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183514A8126281.en. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pleuronichthys guttulatus". FishBase. October 2009 version.
Further reading
- Haaker, Peter L.; Lane, E. David (March 5, 1973). "Frequencies of Anomalies in a Bothid, Paralichthys californicus, and a Pleuronectid, Hypsopsetta guttulata, Flatfish". Copeia. 1973 (1): 22–5. doi:10.2307/1442352. JSTOR 1442352.
- Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Bernardi, Giacomo; Jacobs, David K.; Routman, Eric J. (2010). "Phylogeography of the diamond turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata) across the Baja California Peninsula". Marine Biology. 157 (1): 123–134. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1302-2. PMC 3873029. PMID 24391239.
- Eldridge, Maxwell B. (1975). "Early Larvae of the Diamond Turbot, Hypsopsetta guttulata" (PDF). California Fish and Game. 61 (1): 26–34.