Deepsea sole
Species of fish
| Deepsea sole | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Subfamily: | Microstominae |
| Genus: | Microstomus |
| Species: | M. bathybius |
| Binomial name | |
| Microstomus bathybius (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) | |
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The deepsea sole (Microstomus bathybius) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a bathydemersal species that lives on muddy bottoms at depths of between 41 and 1,800 metres (135 and 5,906 ft), though it is most often found at depths of 500 to 950 metres (1,640 to 3,120 ft). Its native habitat is the northern Pacific, from Japan to the Gulf of Alaska and down the Pacific coasts of Canada and the USA as far south as Mexico. It grows up to 47 centimetres (19 in) in length.[1]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (5 June 2009). "Embassichthys bathybius". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
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