Cleisthenes pinetorum is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sublittoral sand and mud bottoms at depths of between . Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, around Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Nomenclature Both species in the genus Cleisthenes - Cleisthenes pinetorum and Cleisthenes herzensteini - are commonly known as Sôhachi in Japan. References Pleuronectidae Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish described in 1904