Southern flounder

Taxobox
name = Southern flounders


image_caption = Armless flounder
"Neoachiropsetta milfordi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Pleuronectiformes
familia = Achiropsettidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
Achiropsetta
Neoachiropsetta
Pseudomancopsetta
See text for speciesThe southern (or armless) flounders are a small family of flounders found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters.

Their bodies are greatly compressed, with both eyes on the left side of the head. The caudal fin is separate, and the pectoral fins are rudimentary or entirely absent; none of the fins have spines. The lateral line is straight and well-developed. The family varies considerably in size, from the 6.3 cm of "Achiropsetta slavae" to the 60 cm length of the armless flounder "Neoachiropsetta milfordi".

Most of the species have only recently been discovered, and little is known of their habits.

pecies

* Genus "Achiropsetta"
** "Achiropsetta slavae"
** "Achiropsetta tricholepis", Finless flounder
* Genus "Mancopsetta"
** "Mancopsetta maculata antarctica", Antarctic armless flounder
** "Mancopsetta maculata maculata"
* Genus "Neoachiropsetta"
** Armless flounder, "Neoachiropsetta milfordi" (Penrith, 1965)
* Genus "Pseudomancopsetta"
** "Pseudomancopsetta andriashevi"

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