spotted turbot
Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Spotted turbot (Pleuronichthys ritteri) Image ID: expl2926, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: California, Channel Islands, Santa Cruz Is. area Photo Date: 2011 April 22 Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program
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Open encyclopedia reference
The spotted turbot (Pleuronichthys ritteri) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between 1 and 50 metres (0 and 160 ft). Its native habitat is the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific, from Morro Bay in California to southern Baja California in Mexico. It can grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.
Wikipedia contributors, Spotted turbot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:20:28.212902+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907
- Name authority
- Starks & Morris, 1907
- Common name
- spotted turbot
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Pleuronichthys
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPleuronectiformes
- suborderPleuronectoidei
- familyPleuronectidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyPleuronectinae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusPleuronichthys Girard, 1854
- speciesPleuronichthys ritteri Starks & Morris, 1907
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pleuronichthys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| c-o solePleuronichthys coenosus Girard, 1854 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| curlfin solePleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert, 1881 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ocellated turbotPleuronichthys ocellatus Starks & Thompson, 1910 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| hornyhead turbotPleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert, 1880 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| diamond turbotPleuronichthys guttulatus Girard, 1856 | PleuronectidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Starks, E. C.; Morris E. L. (1907). The marine fishes of southern California. University of California Publications in Zoology, v. 3 (no. 11): 159–251. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KBZP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.