The slime flounder (Microstomus achne) is a kind of flatfish from the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sand and mud bottoms at depths of between 15mand800mm (49feetand2,600feetm), though it is most commonly found between 20mand610mm (70feetand2,000feetm). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, as far as Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. It reaches up to 60cm (20inches) in length, and can weigh up to 1.76kg (03.88lb).[1]
The diet of the slime flounder consists mainly of zoobenthos organisms such as polychaetes and crabs.