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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). More on author: Jordan, Starks.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 1200 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 32°N

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); common length : 54.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 8.5 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 33 years (Ref. 55701)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 98-116; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 76 - 94. Mouth very large; gill rakers slender; caudal fin strong and lunate (Ref. 559).

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North Pacific: Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk north to the Anadyr Gulf, through the eastern Bering Sea to the Aleutian Islands and the Shelikof Strait in Alaska.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Cooper, J.A. and F. Chapleau, 1998. Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fish. Bull. 96(4):686-726.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00690 (-0.02913 - 0.04293), b=3.06570 (3.04163 - 3.08976), based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.8 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tm>4; tmax=33).

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

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Atheresthes evermanni Jordan & Starks, 1904