Antarctic armless flounder

Antarctic armless flounder
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Achiropsettidae
Genus: Mancopsetta
T. N. Gill, 1881
Species: M. maculata
Binomial name
Mancopsetta maculata
(Günther, 1880)

The Antarctic armless flounder (Mancopsetta maculata) is a species of southern flounder found on subantarctic shelves, around Antarctic islands, and banks off East Antarctica. This species can grow to a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) SL. It lives in depths of from 100 to 1,115 metres (328 to 3,658 ft).

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