Animal Diversity Web

Microstomus pacificus

Short-finned sole

(Also: Slippery sole)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Pleuronectiformes
        
        Family Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders)
        
        Genus Microstomus
        
        Species Microstomus pacificus (Short-finned sole)