The Antarctic armless flounder ''(Mancopsetta maculata)'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
southern flounder
The southern (or armless) flounders are a small family, Achiropsettidae, of flounders found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. There are four genera, each with one species.
The bodies of southern flounders are greatly compressed, with both e ...
found on subantarctic shelves, around
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
islands, and banks off East Antarctica. This species can grow to a length of
SL. It lives in depths of from .
References
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Achiropsettidae
Fish described in 1880
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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