Slime flounder
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The slime flounder is also called “nametagarei” in Japanese.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Slime flounder
- Scientific name
- Microstomus achne
- Japanese name
- ババガレイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Pleuronectiformes
- Family
- Pleuronectidae
- Genus
- Microstomus
It lives in the sea from Hokkaido along Japan's coasts to places such as the Korean Peninsula and Sakhalin.
Its slimy look reminded people of an old woman (baba), which gave it its Japanese name.
Basic data
- Range
- Southern and eastern coasts of the Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, and elsewhere
Where the Slime flounder has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ババガレイChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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