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Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)

Winter flounder
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology:   More on author: Walbaum.

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

marin démersal; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 5 - 143 m (Ref. 5951).   Temperate; 55°N - 31°N, 82°W - 52°W

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Western Atlantic: Labrador, Canada to Georgia, USA.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 26.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251); poids max. publié: 3.6 kg (Ref. 7251); âge max. reporté: 14 années (Ref. 52686)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit soft muddy to moderately hard bottoms (Ref. 5951). Feed predominantly in daytime on organisms living in, on or near the bottom; shrimps, amphipods, crabs, sea urchins and snails (Ref. 12232). Batch spawner (Ref. 51846).

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Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborateurs

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)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnérable, voir Liste Rouge IUCN (VU) (A2bc); Date assessed: 12 February 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless




Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquaculture: expérimental; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.7 - 13.1, mean 6.1 (based on 303 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00493 - 0.01404), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref. 120179):  Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.11-0.7(?); tm=2-3; tmax=10).
Prior r = 0.16, 95% CL = 0.10 - 0.23, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (62 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766):   Very high.