Pseudopleuronectes obscurus, or dark flounder[1] is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on salt bottoms in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from Hokkaido to the Kuril Islands, the Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and the Tatar Strait to the northeastern coast of Korea and the Yellow Sea. It can grow up to 56 centimetres (22 in) in length, though it more commonly reaches around 35 centimetres (14 in), and its maximum recorded weight is 2.6 kilograms (5.7 lb).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopleuronectes |
| Species: | P. obscurus
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| Pseudopleuronectes obscurus (Herzenstein, 1890)
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References
edit- ^ "Dark Flounder". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- ^ Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly (6 October 2010). "Pseudopleuronectes obscurus". Fishbase. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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