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Matsukawa

Verasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

Status not recordedbony fish

The matsukawa (Verasper moseri) is a species in the family Pleuronectidae, order Pleuronectiformes.

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Quick facts about the matsukawa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the matsukawa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the matsukawa as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the matsukawa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the matsukawa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPleuronectiformes
  5. familyPleuronectidae
  6. genusVerasper
  7. SpeciesVerasper moseri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

Synonyms Verasper moser

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Barfin flounderEnglish
  • マツカワJapanese
  • 노랑가자미Korean
  • Вераспер МозераRussian
  • 條斑星鰈Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the matsukawa

Other species in the same genus Verasper.

Hoshigarei

Verasper variegatus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the matsukawa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the matsukawa as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the matsukawa?

The matsukawa (Verasper moseri) belongs to the family Pleuronectidae in the order Pleuronectiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Matsukawa (Verasper moseri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/matsukawa

MLA

“Matsukawa (Verasper moseri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/matsukawa.

BibTeX
@misc{matsukawa_2026,
  title = {Matsukawa (Verasper moseri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/matsukawa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}