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Hornyhead turbot

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pleuronectiformes

Hornyhead turbot Redondo Canyon at night 21104

Similar
  
Pleuronichthys, Spotted turbot, Curlfin sole, Diamond turbot, Slender sole

The Hornyhead turbot, Pleuronichthys verticalis, is a flatfish of 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 656 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the Eastern Pacific, from Point Reyes in California to Magdalena Bay in Baja California, and the northern and central eastern parts of the Gulf of California. It can grow up to 37 centimetres (15 in) in length.

Diet

The diet of the hornyhead turbot consists mainly of zoobenthos organisms, including amphipods, polychaetes and clam siphons.

Hornyhead turbot Redondo Canyon at Night sea mouse Aphrodite aculeata August 14

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Hornyhead turbot Hornyhead Turbot Mexican Fish Marine Life Terrestrial Life amp Birds

Hornyhead turbot Hornyhead Turbot Mexican Fish Marine Life Terrestrial Life amp Birds

References

Hornyhead turbot Wikipedia


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