<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a simple apparatus for culturing Pleuronectiformes fish (flat fish), which are capable of promoting growing the fish. <;P>;SOLUTION: The method and the apparatus S for culturing Pleuronectiformes fish in a water tank 1 are as follows: The apparatus S includes a light source 10 which irradiates the fish with light free from such a red-color component having a strongest wavelengths W: 400 nm&le;W&le;600 nm, out of wavelengths W, and the water tank 1 designed to block light except the light emitted from the light source 10. The method using the above apparatus S includes raising the Pleuronectiformes fish by irradiation of the water tank 1 with only the light emitted from the light source 10. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT