Thysanopsetta
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Paralichthyidae |
Genus: | Thysanopsetta Günther, 1880 |
Species: | T. naresi
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Binomial name | |
Thysanopsetta naresi Günther, 1880
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Thysanopsetta naresi is a species of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family, Paralichthyidae. It is the only member of its genus Thysanopsetta . Thysanopsetta naresi is a demersal fish that lives in temperate waters at depths of between 90 and 170 metres (300 and 560 ft). It can be found in the southeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile, and in the southwest Atlantic Ocean in the Patagonian Falkland region. It grows to around 15.1 centimetres (5.9 in) in length.
It is brownish in colour, mottled and spotted with darker patches. Like the rest of the large-tooth flounders, it has both eyes on the left side of its head.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Thysanopsetta naresi" in FishBase. September 2009 version.
Categories:
- Paralichthyidae
- Fish of the Atlantic Ocean
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Western South American coastal fauna
- Southeastern South American coastal fauna
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Monotypic marine fish genera
- Ray-finned fish stubs