Biology:Scale-eye plaice

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Scale-eye plaice
Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi. Syntypes ZIN 12345 in Annotated catalogue of type specimens of flatfishes (Osteichthyes Pleuronectiformes) in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Acanthopsetta
P. J. Schmidt, 1904
Species:
A. nadeshnyi
Binomial name
Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi
P. J. Schmidt, 1904

The scale-eye plaice (Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives at depths from between 18 metres (59 ft) to 900 metres (3,000 ft). It can reach 46 centimetres (18 in) in length and can weigh up to 1.2 kilograms (2.6 lb). Its native habitat is the northern Pacific, primarily from the Sea of Okhotsk to Japan and Korea, though it is also found in the Bering Sea.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi" in FishBase. October 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1097177 entry