Speckled flounder

The speckled flounder (Limanda punctatissima) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in the temperate waters of the northwestern Pacific, from the southern Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands to the Sea of Japan, including coastal areas of Japan and Korea. It can grow up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in length, and can weigh up to 450 grams (16 oz).^[1]

Speckled flounder
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Genus:	Limanda
Species:	L. punctatissima
Binomial name
Limanda punctatissima (Steindachner, 1879)
Synonyms
Hippoglossoides punctatissimus Steindachner, 1879 Pleuronectes punctatissimus (Steindachner, 1879) Limanda iridorum Jordan & Starks, 1906