Chinese brill

''Tephrinectes sinensis'', the Chinese brill, is a species of flatfish in the large-tooth flounder family, Paralichthyidae. It is the monotypic, only member of its genus ''Tephrinectes''. Like the rest of the large-tooth flounders, it has both eyes on the left side of its head.

It is a demersal fish that lives in subtropics, sub-tropical waters. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean, from Taiwan to the coast of mainland China. It has been used in Traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine.

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Fish of China
Fish of Taiwan
Marine fauna of East Asia
Fish described in 1802
Monotypic marine fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Paralichthyidae