Bering flounder

Hippoglossoides robustus

Thirty Centimeters Pleuronectid Fish from Japanese Waters

Temperate
Circumpolar Arctic
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
North America
Polar regions
Deep-bodied
Medium
Temperate fish

The Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of up to 425 metres (1,394 ft). It reaches up to 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Hippoglossoides
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk north to northeast of Cape Lisburne, south to northwest of Akutan Island, Aleutian chain, Alaska. Arctic Canada.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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