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Barfin flounder

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Barfin flounder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Verasper
Species:
V. moseri
Binomial name
Verasper moseri
Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

The barfin flounder (Verasper moseri) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy, muddy bottoms at depths of up to 900 metres (3,000 ft). It can reach up to 70 centimetres (28 in) in length and can weigh as much as 4.0 kilograms (8.8 lb). Its native habitat is the northwestern Pacific, specifically the Sea of Okhotsk, Japan's northern Pacific coast, the Strait of Tartary and the Kuril Islands.[1]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Versaper moseri". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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