hornyhead turbot

Pleuronichthys verticalis

Pleuronectid Fish in Gulf of California

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
North America
Medium
Tropical fish

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 660 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific, from Point Reyes in California to Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur, and the northern and central eastern parts of the Gulf of California.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pleuronichthys
Maximum length: 37 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Point Reyes in central California, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico; isolated population in northern the Gulf of California.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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