Olive flounder
| Olive flounder | |
|---|---|
| In a supermarket display tank | |
| Drawing by Kawahara Keiga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| Family: | Paralichthyidae |
| Genus: | Paralichthys |
| Species: | P. olivaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralichthys olivaceus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hippoglossus olivaceus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 | |
The olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), bastard halibut, Japanese flounder or Korean halibut is a temperate marine species of large-tooth flounder native to the North-western Pacific Ocean. It is the highest valued finfish in the world, known to be excellent for aquaculture due to a rapid growth rate and popularity in Japan and Korea.