Far Eastern smooth flounder

Far Eastern smooth flounder
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Liopsetta
Species:	L. pinnifasciata
Binomial name
	Liopsetta pinnifasciata; (Kner, 1870)
Synonyms
	Pleuronectes pinnifasciatus Kner, 1870;

The Far Eastern smooth flounder (Liopsetta pinnifasciata) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in salt, brackish and fresh waters. Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, specifically Japan, Russia and the Kuril Islands. It can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Ranier; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (6 October 2010). "Liopsetta pinnifasciata". Fishbase. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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[Fishbase-1] Froese, Ranier; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (6 October 2010). "Liopsetta pinnifasciata". Fishbase. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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