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Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas, 1814

Alaska plaice
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Pleuronectes: Greek, pleura = side, ribe + Greek, nekton = swimmer (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 600 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 3°C - 8°C; 65°N - 42°N, 131°E - 145°W

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North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay to Point Hope in the Chukchi Sea south to Unalaska Island and east to Kayak Island in southeast Alaska.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 30.2, range 28 - 29 cm
Max length : 87.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93067); common length : 36.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 3.5 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 37 years (Ref. 93067)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 63 - 74; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 47 - 55. 5 high prominences on postocular ridge (Ref. 559).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults feed mainly on polychaetes and amphipods (Ref. 27301).

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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 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 November 2020

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): 0.5 - 6, mean 3.3 °C (based on 339 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00679 - 0.00930), b=3.08 (3.04 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (K=0.09-0.2; tmax=37; tm=3-7;).
Prior r = 0.30, 95% CL = 0.20 - 0.45, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (62 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 29.9 [8.7, 59.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.224 [0.088, 0.598] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.3, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.29 [0.14, 0.65] g/100g; Selenium = 37.3 [13.1, 106.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.5 [1.5, 27.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.331 [0.171, 0.678] mg/100g (wet weight);