| Flathead flounder | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Hippoglossoides |
| Species: | H. dubius
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippoglossoides dubius Schmidt, 1904
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| Synonyms | |
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Hippoglossoides katakurae Snyder, 1911 | |
The flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubious) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in shallow coastal waters, at depths of between 10 and 600 metres (33 and 1,969 ft). Its native habitat is the northwestern Pacific, particularly the seas of Japan and Okhotsk, and the coastlines of Kamchatka and Korea. It grows up to 45 centimetres (18 in) in length.[1]
- ^ "Hippoglossoides dubius". Fishbase. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (editors). 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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