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Common names: Rock sole, Rock sole, Southern rock sole
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to San Nicholas I. (Ref. 27436) and Tanner Bank, off southern California (Ref. 2850). Locally abundant along the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California (Ref. 37594). Also Ref. 559, 6793, 6885.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Rock sole, Fausse limande du Pacifique, Lenguado del Pacífico, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Lepidopsetta: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335); bilineata: Specific name refers to the bifurcate supratemporal branch of the lateral line (bilineata = two-lined)..
More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 0 - 575 m (Ref. 6793), usually 0 - 183 m (Ref. 6885). Temperate; 67°N - 34°N, 124°E - 119°W (Ref. 54562)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

North Pacific: Baja California to the eastern Aleutian Islands and extreme southeastern Bering Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 34.7, range 31 - ? cm
Max length : 58.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 6885); 60.0 cm TL (female); publicerad maxvikt: 1.8 kg (Ref. 56370); rapporterad maxålder: 26 år (Ref. 55701)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 65 - 82; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 50 - 65; Ryggkotor: 39 - 42. Dorsal origin over forward part of eye. Caudal with posterior margin a broad 'V'. Pectorals small and may be asymmetrical (Ref. 6885). Blind side white, with glossy highlights along myotome margins, increasing anteriorly. Pores: supraorbital 3-9; preopercular 5-7; lateral line 70-91. Interorbital space narrow (Ref. 37594).

Adults occur over sand and gravel substrates to depths of 339 m; larvae collected over depths less than 1,000 m (Ref. 37594). Feed on mollusks, polychaete worms, crustaceans, brittle stars, and fishes (Ref. 6885). A tasty food fish; in some years commercial catch in Canada reaches 3,000 t (Ref. 2850).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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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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Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres, 1855)