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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Atheresthes: Greek, atheres = spike + The name of Astyanax, Hector´s son in the Greek mithology (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 950 m (Ref. 50610). Polar, preferred 7°C (Ref. 107945); 67°N - 35°N, 162°E - 122°W (Ref. 57234)

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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 / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 37.9 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 8.6 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 23 years (Ref. 55701)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 92-109; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 72 - 90; Vertebrae: 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).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00629 - 0.00874), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=23; K=.06-0.09; tm=5-7; Fec=250,000).

Prior r = 0.32, 2 SD range = 0.18 - 0.57, log(r) = -1.14, SD log(r) = 0.29, Based on: 2 K, 4 tgen, 1 tmax, 2 Fec records

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (64 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)