Glyptocephalus stelleri, Blackfin flounder : fisheries

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Glyptocephalus stelleri (Schmidt, 1904)

Blackfin flounder
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Microstominae
Etymology: Glyptocephalus: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Georg Wilhelm Steller (originally Stöhler) (1709–1746) was a German naturalist and explorer in the Russian service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 8 - 1600 m (Ref. 50550), usually 15 - 800 m (Ref. 57942). Temperate; 66°N -

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North Pacific: Sea of Japan, Tatar strait, and southern Kuril Islands. Also occurs in Bering Sea (Ref. 265).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 26.3, range 23 - 28 cm
Max length : 52.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); common length : 34.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 1.5 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 23 years (Ref. 56527)

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Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

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: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.6 - 18.2, mean 4.8 °C (based on 741 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00294 - 0.00745), b=3.14 (3.00 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 7.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.14; tm=7-8; Fec=15,146).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (58 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.