The banded-fin flounder or spotted flounder, Azygopus pinnifasciatus, is a righteye flounder and the only species in the genus Azygopus. It is found off southern Australia and New Zealand, on the continental slope at depths of between 120 and 900 m (390 and 2,950 ft). Its length is up to 20 cm (7.9 in).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Azygopus Norman, 1926 |
| Species: | A. pinnifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Azygopus pinnifasciatus Norman, 1926
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Azygopus pinnifasciatus". 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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