Southern flounder
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{{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}}
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