New Zealand turbot
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{{Taxobox
| name = New Zealand turbot
| image = Colistium nudipinnis (New Zealand turbot).gif
| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Pleuronectiformes]]
| familia = [[Pleuronectidae]]
| genus = ''[[Colistium]]''
| species = '''''C. nudipinnis'''''
| binomial = ''Colistium nudipinnis''
| binomial_authority = (Waite, 1911)
}}
The '''New Zealand turbot''', ''Colistium nudipinnis'', is a [[righteye flounder]] of the subfamily [[Rhombosoleinae]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Pleuronectidae]], found around [[New Zealand]] in shallow enclosed waters such as estuaries, harbours, mudflats, and sandflats, in waters less than 50 [[metre|m]] in depth. Their length is from 25 to 90 cm, and they are the largest of the flounders found around New Zealand.
The New Zealand turbot 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 rounded snout with a long [[rostral]] hook that completely overlaps the jaws when the fish is viewed from above.
The colouring is brown on the back with a mottled pattern of darker brown, and a white belly tinged with pink. Like most flounder it is a popular foodfish.
==References==
* {{FishBase species | genus = Colistium | species = nudipinnis | 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]]
[[Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand]]