The barfin flounder 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 . It can reach up to 70 centimetres in length and can weigh as much as 4.0 kilograms . 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.
Barfin flounder
species of fish
Categories:
Fish
Also known as:
Japanese:
松皮鰈マツカワ
Japanese (Romanized):
matsukawa
Latin species name:
Verasper moseri
Wikidata ID:
Q2708042
Wikipedia title:
Barfin flounder
References:
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