Max length : 91.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 57.5 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 9,100 g; max. reported age: 24 years
Max length : 91.0 cm TL male/unsexed; common length : 57.5 cm TL male/unsexed; max. published weight: 9,100 g; max. reported age: 24 years
Polar; 70°N - 34°N
Distribution
North Pacific: Korea and southern Japan through the Bering Strait and Arctic Alaska to the Coronation Gulf, Northwest Territories, Canada and Santa Barbara, southern California, USA. Hybridizes with Parophrys vetulus - the hybrid, called Inopsetta ischyra, may be found from the Bering Sea to San Francisco, California, USA. Also hybridizes with Kareius bicoloratus.
Short description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 52 - 66; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 38 - 47; Vertebrae: 34 - 37. Distinguished by the presence of both eyes on the same side of the head, dorsal and anal fins that are marked with dark and light (white to orange) bars, and especially, by the stellate, bony tubercles scattered over its body. Dorsal originates over middle of upper eye; anal with a sharp, forward pointing spine (often buried in skin) before first ray; pectorals are bluntly pointed; caudal slightly rounded. Eyed side dark brown to nearly black, sometimes with indefinite blotchings (Alaskans specimens sometimes with a greenish tinge); blind side white to creamy; dorsal fin with 4 to 7 dark bars with white to orange spaces between; anal fin with 4 to 6 such bars; caudal fin with 3 or 4 dark longitudinal bars on its posterior part; in rare cases, the blind side may be partly or completely colored like the eyed side, or white may be present on the eyed side, creating a piebald effect.
Biology
Found inshore, often in very shallow water and in estuaries during the summer; moving into deeper water in the winter. However, they may occur in deep water throughout the year. Does not venture into water of high salinities. Young and adults move up rivers, as much as 120 km. Benthic. Feeds on crustaceans, worms, small mollusks, brittle stars, and small fishes. Important game fish. Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, boiled, microwaved, and baked
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Ggagtuliq Alutiiq Alaska
Ur'auk Alutiiq Alaska
Stjerneflynder Danish Denmark
Emerywheel English Can Br Colum
Emerywheel English Canada
Flounder English Can Br Colum
Grindstone English Can Br Colum
Grindstone English Canada
Long-jaw flounder English UK
Starry flounder English Alaska
Starry flounder English Can Br Colum
Starry flounder English Canada
Starry flounder English Russian Fed
Starry flounder English UK
Starry flounder English USA
Flet étoilé French Canada
Plie du Pacifique French France
Sternflunder German Germany
Xaadlin Haida Can Br Colum
Ikkahnalook Inuktitut Alaska
Ipkelnokto Inuktitut Alaska
Ipkuknaluk Inuktitut Alaska
Nadalna Inuktitut Canada
Nataaznak Inuktitut Canada
Nataktook Inuktitut Alaska
Natanak Inuktitut Canada
Natangnok Inuktitut Alaska
Natarnak Inuktitut Can Quebec
Natarnaq Inuktitut Can Quebec
Numagarei Japanese Japan
강도다리 Korean Korea Rep
星斑川鰈 Mandarin Chinese China Main
星斑川鲽 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Gwódzica Polish Poland
Solha-estrelada-do-Pacífico Portuguese Portugal
камбала звездчатая Russian Russian Fed
Zvezdchataya kambala Russian Russian Fed
Zvezchataya kambala Russian Former USSR
Tikhookeanskaya rechnaya kambala Russian Former USSR
P'ewi Salish Can Br Colum
Kbidaxs Tsimshian Can Br Colum
Xbidaxs Tsimshian Can Br Colum
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