Scale-eye plaice
| Scale-eye plaice | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Pleuronectinae |
| 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi" in FishBase. October 2012 version.