Peppered flounder

Peppered flounder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Paralichthodidae
Regan, 1920
Genus: Paralichthodes
Gilchrist, 1902
Species:
P. algoensis
Binomial name
Paralichthodes algoensis
Gilchrist, 1902

The peppered flounder (Paralichthodes algoensis) is a species of flatfish in the monotypic family Paralichthodidae and the only species in the monotypic genus Paralichthodes.[2][3] It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in subtropical waters, at depths of up to 100 metres (330 ft). Its native habitat is the south-eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, specifically the African coastline from Mossel Bay, South Africa, to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. It grows up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length.[4][5]

  1. ^ Munroe, T.A. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Paralichthodes algoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155183A115281773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155183A4738520.en. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the World (4 ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
  3. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ^ Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly, ed. (5 June 2009). "Paralichthodes algoensis". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  5. ^ Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004). "Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders" (PDF). Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 37: 37pp. Retrieved 2011-08-02.