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Myzopsetta ferruginea (Storer, 1839)

Yellowtail flounder
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 27 - 364 m (Ref. 5951), usually 36 - 91 m (Ref. 5951). Temperate; 54°N - 37°N

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Northwest Atlantic: southern Labrador, Canada to Chesapeake Bay, USA.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 29.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); peso máximo publicado: 1.5 kg (Ref. 9988); edad máxima reportada: 12 años (Ref. 6286)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit sandy to muddy bottoms (Ref. 7251). Prefer depths of 37 to 82 m at temperatures of 3-5°C (Ref. 6263). Feed mainly on polychaete worms and amphipods, shrimps, isopods and other crustaceans and occasionally small fish such as sand lance and capelin (Ref. 12232). Batch spawner (Ref. 51846). Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

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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)

  Vulnerable, ver lista roja de la UICN (VU) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 12 February 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: experimental
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.4 - 9.7, mean 2.6 °C (based on 134 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00608 - 0.00787), b=3.07 (3.03 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (rm=0.69; K=0.3; tm=2-6; tmax=12).
Prior r = 0.76, 95% CL = 0.50 - 1.14, Based on 3 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (64 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 13.9 [6.1, 57.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.279 [0.138, 0.547] mg/100g; Protein = 16 [14, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.344 [0.167, 0.704] g/100g; Selenium = 13.5 [4.7, 50.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 5.36 [1.02, 28.90] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.261 [0.139, 0.635] mg/100g (wet weight);