Stone flounder
The stone flounder (Platichthys bicoloratus) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas at depths of up to 150 metres (500 ft). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, from Japan to the Kuril islands, Sakhalin, Korea, northern China and Taiwan. It is oceanodromous and is found in salt, brackish and fresh waters. It can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, and may reach 12 years of age. It is sometimes classified in the monotypic genus Kareius.[2]
| Stone flounder | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Platichthys |
| Species: | P. bicoloratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) | |
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Diet
The stone flounder's diet consists of zoobenthos organisms such as amphipods, bivalves, mysids and polychaetes.[2]
References
- Tomiyama, T.; Orlov, A.M.; Volvenko, I.V. & Munroe, T.A. (2021). "Platichthys bicoloratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T158631336A158638006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T158631336A158638006.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Platichthys bicoloratus" in FishBase. April 2011 version.
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