The spiny turbots are a family, Psettodidae, of relatively large, primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.[1] The family contains just three species, all in the same genus, Psettodes. The common name comes from the presence of spines in the dorsal and anal fins, which may indicate an evolutionary relationship with the Perciformes. They are less asymmetrical than other flatfish, although the region around the eyes is twisted.[2] They reach lengths of 55–80 cm (22–31 in).[3]
spiny, turbot, spiny, turbots, family, psettodidae, relatively, large, primitive, flatfish, found, tropical, waters, east, atlantic, indo, pacific, family, contains, just, three, species, same, genus, psettodes, common, name, comes, from, presence, spines, dor. The spiny turbots are a family Psettodidae of relatively large primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo Pacific 1 The family contains just three species all in the same genus Psettodes The common name comes from the presence of spines in the dorsal and anal fins which may indicate an evolutionary relationship with the Perciformes They are less asymmetrical than other flatfish although the region around the eyes is twisted 2 They reach lengths of 55 80 cm 22 31 in 3 Spiny turbotsIndian halibut P erumei Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder PleuronectiformesFamily PsettodidaeBonaparte 1846Genus PsettodesE T Bennett 1831Type speciesPsettodes belcheriBennett 1831 Late stage larvae of P erumeiSpecies editThe currently recognized species in this genus are 3 Psettodes belcheri E T Bennett 1831 spottail spiny turbot Psettodes bennetti Steindachner 1870 spiny turbot Psettodes erumei Bloch amp J G Schneider 1801 Indian halibut References edit Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2008 Psettodidae in FishBase November 2008 version Chapleau Francois amp Amaoka Kunio 1998 Paxton J R amp Eschmeyer W N eds Encyclopedia of Fishes San Diego Academic Press pp 223 224 ISBN 0 12 547665 5 a b Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel eds 2012 Species of Psettodes in FishBase December 2012 version nbsp This order Pleuronectiformes flatfish related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spiny turbot amp oldid 1010473744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
