Animalia > Chordata > Pleuronectiformes > Pleuronectidae > Pseudopleuronectes > Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini

Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini (Yellow striped flounder; Littlemouth flounder)

Synonyms: Limanda angustirostris; Limanda angustirostris maculosa; Limanda herzensteini; Pleuronectes herzensteini; Pleuronectes japonicus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow striped flounder (also known as the littlemouth flounder), Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal saltwater fish that occurs in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from the Sea of Japan to the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Korea, the Yellow Sea, Gulf of Bohai and the East China Sea. It can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, though commonly it reaches around 28.5 centimetres (11.2 in); its maximum recorded weight is 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) and its maximum reported lifespan is 15 years.
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Infraspecies

Limanda angustirostris var. angustirostris

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve 978001 Russia  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hysterothylacium paralichthydis[1]
Hysterothylacium rigidum[1]

External References

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0