migigarei
Dexistes rikuzenius
- Usual depth99–500 m
- Water temperature9–20 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
The Rikuzen flounder is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sandy and muddy bottoms in temperate waters at depths of between 42 and 200 metres. Its native habitat is the northwestern Pacific, particularly the Sea of Japan and the coastlines of Japan and Korea. It grows up to 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Rikuzen flounder”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 99–500 m · Deepest record: 650 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 9–20 °C
Names and classification
- English
- migigarei, rikuzen flounder, Rikuzen Sole
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Migi-garei, Migigarei, ミギガレイ
- Korean
- 눈가자미, 눈가자미속
- Simplified Chinese
- 日本小口鰈
Other scientific names: Araias ariommus
Similar species
- Kamchatka flounder
Atheresthes evermanni
Roughscale soleClidoderma asperrimum
Shotted halibutEopsetta grigorjewi
- Pointhead flounder
Cleisthenes pinetorum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 28 open-data records from 1906 to 2009.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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