Hippoglossoides robustus Gill & Townsend, 1897
Bering flounder
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 Family:  Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders), subfamily: Pleuronectinae
 Max. size:  30 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  demersal; depth range 0 - 425 m, oceanodromous
 Distribution:  North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk north to northeast of Cape Lisburne, south to northwest of Akutan Island, Aleutian chain, Alaska. Arctic Canada.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-80; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 51-62. Mouth large; teeth on each jaw uniserial; anterior teeth on each jaw somewhat enlarged, not canine-like; upper eye completely lateral; upper surfaces of eyeballs not scaled; interorbital space narrow, not ridged, and covered with several scale rows; caudal fin slightly rounded (Ref. 559).
 Biology:  Benthic (Ref. 58426).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: OrtaƱez, Auda Kareen - 06.07.07
 Checked by: Amaoka, Kunio - 27.10.95

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