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Spotted Turbot

Pleuronichthys ritteri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 77, February 66, March 69, April 86, May 83, June 61, July 52, August 53, September 68, October 69, November 89, December 69.
United States843
California843
Mexico1
Baja California1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderJacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies · Carangiformes
FamilyRighteye Flounders · Pleuronectidae
GenusPleuronichthys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Spotted Turbot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.