Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range					
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					marino demersale; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243);  distribuzione batimetrica 18 - 1570 m (Ref. 5951), usually 45 - 366 m (Ref. 6263). Temperate; 2°C - 6°C (Ref. 6263); 70°N -   36°N, 79°W -   26°E				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Atlantic:  Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Banks in Canada to North Carolina in USA;  Eastern Atlantic:  Northern Spain to northern Norway  (Ref. 7251).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Maturità: Lm 30.4  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 60.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4705); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.5 kg (Ref. 35388); Età massima riportata: 25 anni (Ref. 6263)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 95 - 120; Raggi anali molli: 85 - 102. Pectoral fin of eyed side shorter than head.  Distal part of pectoral fin blackish (Ref. 232).  Large mucus pores on the blind side of the head.  Uniform coloration, rough scales.  Body elongated with complete straight lateral line (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Inhabits soft mud bottoms in fairly deep water (Ref. 9988).  Benthic (Ref. 58426).  Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, brittle stars (Ref. 9988) and fishes (Ref. 58426).  Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).			
			 
			
			
			
				
				
				
				Eggs and larvae are pelagic.				
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Pesca: commerciale				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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				Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 
123201): 0.6 - 11.4, mean 7 °C (based on 1302 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Fonte Biblio. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00357 - 0.00559), b=3.08 (3.01 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Fonte Biblio. 
69278):  3.2   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.					
						 Generation time: 5.5 (4.8 - 9.9) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 11
 growth studies.					
						Resilienza  (Fonte Biblio. 
120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.15-0.2; tmax=25).					
						 Prior r = 0.32, 95% CL = 0.21 - 0.48, Based on 8 full stock assessments.					
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100). 
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					Climate Vulnerability  (Ref. 
125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 25.1 [10.1, 45.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.237 [0.120, 0.463] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.4, 18.1] %; Omega3 = 0.36 [0.18, 0.76] g/100g; Selenium = 26.6 [13.3, 56.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.58 [1.93, 36.75] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.455 [0.302, 0.676] mg/100g (wet weight);