Verasper moseri, Barfin flounder : fisheries, gamefish

Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

Barfin flounder
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Hippoglossinae
Etymology: Verasper: Latin, vere = certainly, true + Latin, asper = rough.
Eponymy: Jefferson Franklin Moser (1848–1934) was a US Navy officer who was commander of the Fish Commission steamer ‘Albatross’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 900 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: Pacific coast of northern Japan, northern part of the Sea of Japan, the Tatar Strait, southern Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 4.0 kg (Ref. 56557)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms (Ref. 9137).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Vinnikov, K.A., R.C. Thomson and T.A. Munroe, 2018. Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 125:147-162. (Ref. 122998)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 15 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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