{{Short description|Family of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Spiny turbots | image = PsettodesErumei.png | image_caption = Indian halibut ''(P. erumei)'' | parent_authority = Regan, 1910 | taxon = Psettodes | authority = E. T. Bennett, 1831 | type_species = ''Psettodes belcheri'' | type_species_authority = Bennett, 1831 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
The '''spiny turbots''' are a family, '''Psettodidae''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Psettodidae Regan, 1910 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154167 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}</ref> of relatively large, primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.<ref name="fishbase">{{FishBase family | family = Psettodidae | month = November | year = 2008}}</ref> The family contains three species, all in the same genus, '''''Psettodes'''''. The common name comes from the presence of spines in the dorsal and anal fins, which may indicate an evolutionary relationship with the Perciformes. Spiny turbots are less asymmetrical than other flatfish, although the region around the eyes is twisted.<ref name=EoF>{{cite book |editor=Paxton, J.R. |editor2=Eschmeyer, W.N.|author1=Chapleau, Francois |author2=Amaoka, Kunio |name-list-style=amp |year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Fishes|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 223–224|isbn= 0-12-547665-5}}</ref> They reach lengths of {{convert|55|-|80|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=fishbasegenus/> thumb|left|Late stage larvae of ''P. erumei''
== Species == The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name=fishbasegenus>{{FishBase genus | genus = Psettodes| month = December | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Psettodes belcheri'' <small>E. T. Bennett, 1831</small> (spottail spiny turbot) * ''Psettodes bennetti'' <small>Steindachner, 1870</small> (spiny turbot) * ''Psettodes erumei'' <small>(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)</small> (Indian halibut)
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Category:Pleuronectoidei Category:Taxa named by Edward Turner Bennett
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