Scientific Name
Atheresthes evermanni

Common Name
Kamchatka flounder

Biology
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).

Classification

Classified By

Jordan & Starks, 1904

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Righteye flounders (Pleuronectidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

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.

Range

66°N - 32°N

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

20 m

Depth To - meters

1200 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 1200 m (Ref. 50550)

Trophic Level

4.45 s.e. 0.79 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

100.0 cm

Common Length

54.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial

Vulnerability

High vulnerability (64 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tm>4)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated