The shotted halibut (''Eopsetta grigorjewi'') is a

flatfish A flatfish is a member of the Ray-finned fish, ray-finned demersal fish order (biology), order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the ...

of the family

Pleuronectidae Pleuronectidae, also known as righteye flounders, are a family of flounders. They are called "righteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their left sides, with both eyes on their right sides. The Paralichthyidae are the op ...

. It is a

demersal The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of ...

fish that lives on sandy mud bottoms in the sublittoral zone at depths of between and . It can reach in length. Its native habitat is the Western Pacific, stretching from the Pacific coast of

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in the north, through the east coast of Korea, down the coast of

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and the Yellow Sea, as far as Taiwan in the south.

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shotted halibut The shotted halibut (''Eopsetta grigorjewi'') is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy mud bottoms in the sublittoral zone at depths of between and . It can reach in length. Its native habitat is the ...

Marine fauna of East Asia Taxa named by Solomon Herzenstein

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