Remo flounder
| Remo flounder | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Oncopteridae Jordan & Goss, 1889 |
| Genus: | Oncopterus Steindachner, 1874 |
| Species: | O. darwinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopterus darwinii Steindachner, 1874 | |
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The Remo flounder, Oncopterus darwinii, is an edible flatfish of the monotypic family Oncopteridae.[2][1][3] It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 20 and 80 metres (66 and 262 ft). Its native habitat is the southwestern Atlantic[4] along the southeast coast of South America, from Santa Catarina, Brazil in the north to the San Matías Gulf, Argentina in the south. It can reach 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[5]
Identification
[edit]The Remo flounder is "righteyed", with both its eyes on the right-hand side of its body. Its upper surface is pale brown in colour with small white spots, and large white spots at its edges. The lateral line is marked by a distinctive semi-circular curve above the pectoral fin.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bailly N (ed.). "Oncopterus darwinii Steindachner, 1874". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ↑ Campbell, Matthew A.; Chanet, Bruno; Chen, Jhen-Nien; Lee, Mao-Ying; Chen, Wei-Jen (2019). "Origins and relationships of the Pleuronectoidei: Molecular and morphological analysis of living and fossil taxa" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 48 (5): 640–656. doi:10.1111/zsc.12372. ISSN 0300-3256. S2CID 202856805.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oncopteridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ Evseenko, Sergei A. (February 2004). "Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders" (PDF). Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 37: 37pp. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
- 1 2 Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (5 June 2009). "Oncopterus darwinii". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
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