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Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Microstomus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 800 m (Ref. 57942), usually 20 - 610 m (Ref. 50610). Temperate, preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: central Japan northward, southern Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, Gulf of Bo Hai and East China Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 1.8 kg (Ref. 40637)
Inhabits sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 9137, 11230).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Cooper, J.A. and F. Chapleau, 1998. Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fish. Bull. 96(4):686-726. (Ref. 30193)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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