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Yellow striped flounder

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Pleuronectidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pleuronectiformes

Genus
  
Pseudopleuronectes

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Similar
  
Marbled flounder, Pleuronectidae, Fat greenling, Okhotsk atka mackerel, Japanese fluvial sculpin

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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Yellow striped flounder Wikipedia