Flathead flounder
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| Flathead flounder | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Not evaluated
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Hippoglossoides |
| Species: | H. dubius |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippoglossoides dubius (Schmidt, 1904) |
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The flathead flounder, Hippoglossoides dubius, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in shallow coastal waters, at depths of between 10 and 600 metres (33 and 2,000 ft). Its native habitat is the northwestern Pacific, particularly the seas of Japan and Okhotsk, and the coastlines of Kamchatka and Korea. It grows up to 45 centimetres (18 in) in length.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Hippoglossoides dubius". Fishbase. 5 June 2009. http://fishbase.com/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8845. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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