Pleuronectidae

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.