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Common names: Arrowtooth flounder, Arrowtooth flounder, Arrowtooth flounder
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to San Simeon, California (Ref. 6793). Also Ref. 276, 6885, 27436.
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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

Faux flétan du Pacifique, Halibut del Pacífico, Arrowtooth flounder, ... more

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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Atheresthinae
Etymology: Atheresthes: Greek, atheres = spike + The name of Astyanax, Hector´s son in the Greek mithology (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 18 - 950 m (Ref. 50610). Polar; 67°N - 35°N, 162°E - 122°W (Ref. 57234)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

North Pacific: Bering Sea coasts of Russia and Alaska to San Simeon, California, USA. The San Pedro, California, USA record for this species in Miller and Lea 1972 (Ref. 6792) is based on a misidentification of Eopsetta exilis.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 37.9 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); common length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56527); peso máximo publicado: 8.6 kg (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 23 años (Ref. 55701)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 92 - 109; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 72 - 90; Vértebra: 47 - 49. Dorsal origin over middle of upper eye. Caudal slightly lunate. Pectorals small.

Adults are found on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feed on crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 6885). Not marketed as human food (Ref. 2850).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

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)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial; pesca deportiva: si

FAO(pesquerías: producción, species profile; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.2 - 6.5, mean 4.6 (based on 172 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00609 - 0.01190), b=3.01 (2.92 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (tmax=23; K=.06-0.09; tm=5-7; Fec=250,000).

Prior r = 0.19, 95% CL = 0.12 - 0.28, Based on 7 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)