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Verasper
Verasper variegatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Pleuronectoidei
Family:	Pleuronectidae
Subfamily:	Hippoglossinae
Genus:	Verasper Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
Type species
Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

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

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 (Barfin flounder)	Sea of Okhotsk, Japan's northern Pacific coast, the Strait of Tartary and the Kuril Islands.
	Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Spotted halibut)	north-western Pacific, from Japan to Korea and the East China Sea.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Verasper". FishBase. October 2012 version.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Verasper at Wikimedia Commons
• [REDACTED] Data related to Verasper at Wikispecies

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