Armless flounder 5310155 223964680 2008-07-06T18:54:35Z PurpleHz 2389831 /* References */ fr: {{expand|date=May 2008}} {{Taxobox | name = Armless flounder | image = Neoachiropsetta milfordi (Armless flounder).gif | image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Pleuronectiformes]] | familia = [[Achiropsettidae]] | genus = '''''Neoachiropsetta''''' | species = '''''N. milfordi''''' | binomial = ''Neoachiropsetta milfordi'' | binomial_authority = Günther, 1880 }} The '''armless flounder''', ''Neoachiropsetta milfordi'', is a [[southern flounder]], the only species in the genus '''''Neoachiropsetta'''''. It is found in [[Antarctic]] and [[sub-Antarctic]] waters, in depths of between 100 and 1,000 [[metre|m]], and grows to between 30 and 60 cm in length. The armless flounder has both eyes on the left side of the head and lies on its right side. It has the typical flattened oval shape of the flounder with the spineless [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s forming a fringe around most of the body. It is more elongated than most other flounders, and the [[pectoral fin]]s and [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s are absent. The colouring is pale white-brown. ==References== * {{FishBase species | genus = Neoachiropsetta | species = milfordi | month = February | year = 2006}} * 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 [[Category:Achiropsettidae]] [[fr:Neoachiropsetta milfordi]]