Banded-fin flounder
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{{Taxobox
| name = Banded-fin flounder
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Pleuronectiformes]]
| familia = [[Pleuronectidae]]
| genus = '''''Azygopus'''''
| species = '''''A. pinnifasciatus'''''
| binomial = ''Azygopus pinnifasciatus''
| binomial_authority = Norman, 1926
}}
The '''banded-fin flounder''' or '''spotted flounder''', ''Azygopus pinnifasciatus'', is a [[righteye flounder]], the only species in the genus '''''Azygopus''''', found around the Indo-West [[Pacific Ocean]]s, including southern [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], on the [[continental slope]] at depths of between 120 and 900 m. Their length is up to 20 cm.
The banded-fin flounder is a [[pleuronectidae|righteye flounder]] meaning it has both eyes on the right side of the head and lies on its left side. It has the typical flattened oval shape of the flounder with the [[dorsal fin|dorsal]] and [[anal fin]]s forming a fringe around most of the body, and a pointed snout.
The colouring is distinctive, being pale brown marked with conspicuous small dark spots, and a dark spot on each side of the end of the [[caudal]] fin.
==References==
* {{FishBase species | genus = Azygopus | species = pinnifasciatus | month = March | 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:Pleuronectidae]]