- Cleisthenes pinetorum
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Cleisthenes pinetorum Conservation status Not evaluatedScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Pleuronectiformes Family: Pleuronectidae Genus: Cleisthenes Species: C. pinetorum Binomial name Cleisthenes pinetorum
(Jordan & Starks, 1904)Cleisthenes pinetorum is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sublittoral sand and mud bottoms at depths of between 50 and 200 metres (160 and 660 ft). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, around Japan, Korea and Taiwan.[1]
Nomenclature
Both species in the genus Cleisthenes - Cleisthenes pinetorum and Cleisthenes herzensteini - are commonly known as Sôhachi in Japan.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Cleisthenes pinetorum". Fishbase. 6 October 2010. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Cleisthenes-pinetorum.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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