Diamond turbot explained

The diamond turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives in subtropical waters on sand or mud bottoms at depths of up to 50m (160feet), though it is most commonly found between 1mand20mm (03feetand70feetm). Its native habitat is the coastal areas of the eastern Pacific, from Cape Mendocino, California in the north to Baja California in Mexico in the south. The turbot is dark green with light blue spots. It reaches up to 46cm (18inches) in length, and its maximum reported lifespan is 9 years.^[1]

Diet

The diamond turbot feeds almost entirely during daylight, and its diet consists of benthos invertebrates such as polychaetes, molluscs and shrimps.

Further reading

• Peter L. . Haaker . E. David . Lane . March 5, 1973 . Frequencies of Anomalies in a Bothid, Paralichthys californicus, and a Pleuronectid, Hypsopsetta guttulata, Flatfish . Copeia . 1973 . 1 . 22–5 . 1442352 . 10.2307/1442352.
• Jeffrey N. . Schinske . Giacomo . Bernardi . David K. . Jacobs . Eric J. . Routman . Phylogeography of the diamond turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata) across the Baja California Peninsula . Marine Biology . 157 . 123–134 . 2010 . 1 . 24391239 . 3873029 . 10.1007/s00227-009-1302-2.
• Maxwell B. . Eldridge . 1975 . Early Larvae of the Diamond Turbot, Hypsopsetta guttulata . California Fish and Game . 61 . 1 . 26–34 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hypsopsetta guttulata. 2009-10-28 . Ed. Rainer Froese . Daniel Pauly . amp . 15 July 2009 . .