Dusky sole

Lepidopsetta mochigarei

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth57–400 m
Water temperature7–20 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonRare

About this species

The dusky sole, Lepidopsetta mochigarei, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms in the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, from the Korean Peninsula to the southern Sea of Okhotsk. It grows up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in length.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Dusky sole”, 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: 0 records
May: 1 records
June: 0 records
July: 1 records
August: 1 records
September: 17 records
October: 2 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 57–400 m · Deepest record: 536 m

40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150+ m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 7–20 °C

6–8 °C: 8 records
8–10 °C: 2 records
10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Dusky sole, asabakarei, Ricecake Sole

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Asabagarei, アサバガレイ, 浅羽鰈
Simplified Chinese: 犘氏雙線鰈

Other scientific names: Pleuronectes mochigarei

Similar species

Kamchatka flounder
Atheresthes evermanni
Korean flounder
Glyptocephalus stelleri
Roughscale sole
Clidoderma asperrimum
Shotted halibut
Eopsetta grigorjewi
Slime flounder
Microstomus achne
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).
29 open-data records from 1906 to 2011.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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