The ocellated turbot (Pleuronichthys ocellatus) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 1 and 140 metres (3.3 and 459.3 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific, specifically southern Baja California (Magdalena Bay area) and the upper Gulf of California (northern Sinaloa); it is the only member of the genus to prefer subtropical waters. It can grow up to 24 centimetres (9.4 in) in length.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Pleuronichthys |
| Species: | P. ocellatus
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| Pleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & W. F. Thompson, 1910
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References
edit- ^ a b van der Heiden, Lea, B.; Findley, L. (2010). "Pleuronichthys ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183665A8154649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183665A8154649.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ed. Rainer Froese & Daniel Pauly (6 October 2010). "Pleuronichthys ocellatus". Fishbase. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
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