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Microstomus pacificus (Lockington, 1879)

Dover sole
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Microstominae
Etymology: Microstomus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 10 - 1370 m (Ref. 50610). Temperate; 65°N - 31°N, 178°E - 117°W

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Eastern Pacific: Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Stalemate Bank in the Aleutian Islands and San Cristobal Bay, Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 38.5, range 38 - 40 cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56527); peso máximo publicado: 3.5 kg (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 56 años (Ref. 74500)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 90 - 116; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 80 - 96; Vértebra: 50 - 54. Dorsal origin above middle of upper eye. Caudal imperfectly rounded.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults occur on mud bottom (Ref. 2850). They move into deep water in winter (Ref. 2850). Produce large amounts of slime which may cover other fishes when caught in trawls (Ref. 4925). Marketed as mink food (Ref. 4925) or as fillet (Ref. 2850).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

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 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1.1 - 6.3, mean 3.5 °C (based on 248 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00367 - 0.01135), b=3.07 (2.91 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (tm=5; tmax=56; K=0.26; Fec=37,000).
Prior r = 0.29, 95% CL = 0.19 - 0.44, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 14.7 [8.7, 29.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.211 [0.121, 0.389] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.7, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.337 [0.163, 0.715] g/100g; Selenium = 27.8 [13.8, 59.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.77 [1.73, 33.10] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.373 [0.269, 0.554] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.