Small-mouth righteye flounder

Small-mouth righteye flounder
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Nematops
Species:
N. microstoma
Binomial name
Nematops microstoma
Günther, 1880
The two locations at which the small-mouth righteye flounder has been found - the Admiralty Islands and the Gilbert Islands

The small-mouth righteye flounder (Nematops microstoma) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on saltwater bottoms from depths of 304 metres (997 ft). Its natural habitat is the tropical waters of the southwest Pacific. It can grow up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.[1]

  1. ^ Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (6 October 2010). "Nematops microstoma". Fishbase. Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2011-09-02.