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Verasper is a genus of righteye flounders native to the north-western Pacific Ocean.

Species

Roughskin halibut

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPleuronectiformes
  5. FamilyPleuronectidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Pleuronectidae
Collections
FMNH
Recorded in
Japan

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Verasper is a genus of righteye flounders native to the north-western Pacific Ocean.

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name!! Distribution |- |120px||Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 (Barfin flounder)|| Sea of Okhotsk, Japan's northern Pacific coast, the Strait of Tartary and the Kuril Islands. |- |120px|| Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Spotted halibut)|| north-western Pacific, from Japan to Korea and the East China Sea. |- |}

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