Black plaice

Pseudopleuronectes obscurus

Fifty Six Centimeters Pleuronectid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

Black
Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Large
Temperate fish

Pseudopleuronectes obscurus, or dark flounder is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on salt bottoms in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from Hokkaido to the Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and the Tatar Strait to the northeastern coast of Korea and the Yellow Sea. It can grow up to 56 centimetres (22 in) in length, though it more commonly reaches around 35 centimetres (14 in), and its maximum recorded weight is 2.6 kilograms (5.7 lb).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Flatfishes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Pseudopleuronectes
Maximum length: 56 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: northeast coast of Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Tatar Strait, Primorskii Krai, northeast coast of the Korean Peninsula, and the Yellow Sea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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