Armless flounder
Neoachiropsetta milfordi, the armless flounder or finless flounder, is a species of southern flounder, the only member of the genus Neoachiropsetta. It is found in Antarctic and subantarctic waters, in depths of between 100 and 1,000 metres (330 and 3,280 ft), and grows to a length of 57 centimetres (22 in).
| Armless flounder | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Achiropsettidae |
| Genus: | Neoachiropsetta Kotlyar, 1978 |
| Species: | N. milfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoachiropsetta milfordi (M. J. Penrith, 1965) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Neoachiropsetta milfordi" in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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