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Glyptocephalus kitaharae (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Willowy flounder
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Microstominae
Etymology: Glyptocephalus: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335); kitaharae: Named after a man so should be spelled kitaharai.
Eponymy: Dr Tasaku Kitahara (1870–1922) was an oceanographer who was a technical officer at the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Tokyo. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.
Etymology: Glyptocephalus: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335); kitaharae: Named after a man so should be spelled kitaharai.
Eponymy: Dr Tasaku Kitahara (1870–1922) was an oceanographer who was a technical officer at the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Tokyo. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 100 - 200 m (Ref. 11230). Temperate
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Northwest Pacific: Southern Hokkaido, Japan to the Yellow Sea, Gulf of Bo Hai, East China Sea and Taiwan.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
Near Threatened (NT) (A2bd); Date assessed: 15 March 2021
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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