The stone flounder (Platichthys bicoloratus) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas at depths of up to 150 metres (500 ft). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, from Japan to the Kuril islands, Sakhalin, Korea, northern China and Taiwan. It is oceanodromous and is found in salt, brackish and fresh waters. It can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, and may reach 12 years of age. It is sometimes classified in the monotypic genus Kareius.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
Family: | Pleuronectidae |
Genus: | Platichthys |
Species: | P. bicoloratus
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Binomial name | |
Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855)
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Stonefounder Fish can live on the land for 24 hour after 24 hours it will die off it will escape from Enemies by changing its colour and mixing up with it surrounding
References
edit- ^ Tomiyama, T.; Orlov, A.M.; Volvenko, I.V. & Munroe, T.A. (2021). "Platichthys bicoloratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T158631336A158638006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T158631336A158638006.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Platichthys bicoloratus" in FishBase. April 2011 version.