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Spotted Turbot

Pleuronichthys ritteri

Classification

The spotted turbot (Pleuronichthys ritteri) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 1 and 50 metres (0 and 160 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific, from Morro Bay in California to southern Baja California in Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 60Mexico · 1