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Pleuronectidae
flathead sole
Hippoglossoides elassodon
Dorsal origin above front upper eye
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- Deep-bodied
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Largeflathead sole is known around North Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 52 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Flatfishes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Hippoglossoides
- Maximum length
- 52 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- North Pacific: Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and the Bering Sea along the western coast of America to Pt. Reyes, central California, USA.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
