Jump to content

Bering flounder

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bering flounder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Pleuronectoidei
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Hippoglossoides
Species:
H. robustus
Binomial name
Hippoglossoides robustus
Gill & Townsend, 1897
Synonyms

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. Its native habitat is the northern Pacific, from Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk across the Bering Sea to Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Canada's Arctic coast.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (5 June 2009). "Hippoglossoides robustus". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-22.