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Pleuronectidae
Stone flounder
Platichthys bicoloratus
Pleuronectid Fish from Japanese Waters
- Temperate
- Coastal
- Northern Hemisphere
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Restricted distribution
Pacific Ocean
Deep-bodied
MediumStone flounder is a marine fish found around Northwest Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Platichthys
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Northwest Pacific: Endemic to the East China Sea and the coastal waters of southern Japan.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
