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Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787)

Starry flounder
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Starry flounder, Tikhookeanskaya rechnaya kambala, Zvezchataya kambala
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Chukchi and Bering coasts of Siberia, but not in the Arctic Ocean coast (Ref. 27547). Enters the Amur River, Tumannaya and other rivers (Ref. 26334). Sakhalin and Kamchatka (Ref. 37812). Found also in the basins of the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681) and northern Primor'ye shelf (Ref. 45905). Also Ref. 6885, 11366, 27436. nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Flet étoilé, 星斑川鲽, Flounder, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Platichthys: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 375 m (Ref. 6793).   Polar; 73°N - 33°N, 124°E - 119°W

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