The willowy flounder (Tanakius kitaharae) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of between . Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the Western Pacific, from Southern Hokkaido in Japan to the Gulf of Bohai, the East China Sea and Taiwan. It can grow up to in length. Diet The diet of the willowy flounder consists mainly of zoobenthos organisms, including polychaetes, crabs and other benthos crustaceans. References willowy flounder Fish of East Asia willowy flounder