Southern flounder 323845 194219951 2008-02-26T18:41:55Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = Southern flounders | image = Neoachiropsetta milfordi (Armless flounder).gif | image_caption = [[Armless flounder]]<br>''[[Neoachiropsetta milfordi]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Pleuronectiformes]] | familia = '''Achiropsettidae''' | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = [[Achiropsetta]]<br> [[Neoachiropsetta]]<br> [[Pseudomancopsetta]]<br> See text for species }} The '''southern''' (or '''armless''') '''flounders''' are a small [[family (biology)|family]] of [[flounder]]s found in [[Antarctic]] and sub-Antarctic waters. Their bodies are greatly compressed, with both eyes on the left side of the head. The [[caudal fin]] is separate, and the [[pectoral fin]]s are rudimentary or entirely absent; none of the fins have spines. The [[lateral line]] is straight and well-developed. The family varies considerably in size, from the 6.3 cm of ''[[Achiropsetta slavae]]'' to the 60 cm length of the [[armless flounder]] ''Neoachiropsetta milfordi''. Most of the species have only recently been discovered, and little is known of their habits. ==Species== * Genus ''[[Achiropsetta]]'' ** ''[[Achiropsetta slavae]]'' ** ''[[Achiropsetta tricholepis]]'', [[Finless flounder]] * Genus ''[[Mancopsetta]]'' ** ''[[Mancopsetta maculata antarctica]]'', [[Antarctic armless flounder]] ** ''[[Mancopsetta maculata maculata]]'' * Genus ''[[Neoachiropsetta]]'' ** [[Armless flounder]], ''[[Neoachiropsetta milfordi]]'' <small>(Penrith, 1965)</small> * Genus ''[[Pseudomancopsetta]]'' ** ''[[Pseudomancopsetta andriashevi]]'' == External links == * {{FishBase family | family = Achiropsettidae | month = April | year = 2006}} [[Category:Achiropsettidae]] [[fr:Achiropsettidae]] [[lt:Antarktinės bepelekės plekšnės]] [[nl:Paralichthys lethostigma]] [[pt:Achiropsettidae]] [[zh:無臂鮃科]]