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Deepsea Sole
Embassichthys bathybius (Gilbert, 1890)
Also calledShimofurigarei (jpn) · platija de profundidad (spa) · plie de profondeur (fra) · シモフリガレイ (jpn) · Глубинная камбала (rus)
The deepsea sole (Microstomus bathybius) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a bathydemersal species that lives on muddy bottoms at depths of between 41 and 1,800 metres (135 and 5,906 ft), though it is most often found at depths of 500 to 950 metres (1,640 to 3,120 ft). Its native habitat is the northern Pacific, from Japan to the Gulf of Alaska and down the Pacific coasts of Canada and the USA as far south as Mexico. It grows up to 47 centimetres (19 in) in length.
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Embassichthys bathybius in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2409323.