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Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Isopsetta: Greek, isos = equal + Greek, psetta, grouper.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 20 - 425 m (Ref. 6793). Temperate; 66°N - 32°N
Eastern Pacific: Bristol Bay in the southeastern Bering Sea and Amchitka Island (Aleutian Islands) to Ventura, California, USA.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm 21.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 2850); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 11 έτη (Ref. 6885)
Short description
Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά): 0; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 78-92; Εδρικές άκανθες 0; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 58 - 69; Σπόνδυλοι: 39 - 42. Dorsal origin above eye. Caudal rounded. Pectoral small, bluntly pointed.
Common in shallow water on soft, silty bottom. Moves into shallow water in summer and to deeper water in winter (Ref. 6885). Spawning adults exhibit north-south migrations (Ref. 6885). Feeds on chaetopod marine worms, young herring, shrimps, and sand dollars (Ref. 6885). A tasty food fish, sometimes marketed (Ref. 2850). Also used for mink food (Ref. 2850).
Vinnikov, K.A., R.C. Thomson and T.A. Munroe, 2018. Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 125:147-162. (Ref. 122998)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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