Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Cooper, J.A. and F. Chapleau 1998 Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fish. Bull., U.S., 96(4):686-726. (Ref. 30193)
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Distribution
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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
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IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40637&speccode=943
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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&speccode=7
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Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 51448
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Year Collected: 1900
Locality: Japan: Matushima B., Off Honshu Island, Kinkwasan Lt., N. 34 Deg. W., 79 Fms., Honshu, Japan, Pacific
Depth (m): 144 to 144
Vessel: Albatross
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Russian Academy of Sciences 2000 Catalog of vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters. 166 p. (Ref. 50610)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50610&speccode=2592
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Orlov, A.M. and A.M. Tokranov 2007 Distribution ans some biological features of four poorly studied deep benthic flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Pleuronectidae) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (14):221-235. (Ref. 57942)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57942&speccode=8559
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From 50 to 450 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
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Trophic Strategy
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Fujita, T., D. Kitagawa, Y. Okuyama, Y. Ishito, T. Inada and Y. Jin 1995 Diets of the demersal fishes on the shelf off Iwate, northern Japan. Mar. Biol. 123:219-233. (Ref. 57119)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57119&speccode=6598
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Conservation
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
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Wikipedia
Slime flounder
The slime flounder, Microstomus achne, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sand and mud bottoms at depths of between 15 and 800 metres (49 and 2,600 ft), though it is most commonly found between 20 and 610 metres (66 and 2,000 ft). Its native habitat is the temperate waters of the northwest Pacific, from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, as far as Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. It reaches up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in length, and can weigh up to 1.76 kilograms (3.9 lb).[1]
Diet
The diet of the slime flounder consists mainly of zoobenthos organisms such as polychaetes and crabs.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Microstomus achne". Fishbase. 15 July 2009. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8559. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
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