spiny turbot

{{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,{{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}} of relatively large, primitive flatfish found in the tropical waters of the east Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.{{FishBase family | family = Psettodidae | month = November | year = 2008}} The family contains just 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. They are less asymmetrical than other flatfish, although the region around the eyes is twisted.{{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}} They reach lengths of {{convert|55|-|80|cm|in|abbr=on}}.

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