Rikuzen flounder

Rikuzen flounder
Rikuzen flounder
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Dexistes
Species: D. rikuzenius
Binomial name
Dexistes rikuzenius
(Jordan & Starks, 1904)

The Rikuzen flounder, Dexistes rikuzenius, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in temperate waters at depths of between 42 and 200 metres (138 and 660 ft). Its native habitat is the northwestern Pacific, particularly the Sea of Japan and the coastlines of Japan and Korea. It grows up to 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length.[1]

Nomenclature

The fish is named after Rikuzen Province, an old province of Japan.

Diet

The Rikuzen flounder's diet consists of benthos invertebrates such as crabs, shrimps, marine worms and brittle stars.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dexistes rikuzenius". Fishbase. 5 June 2009. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8841. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 


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