Trunk flounder [2] , or trunk dab [3] ( lat. Limanda proboscidea ), is a species of ray-finned fish from the family of flatfish .
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Subfamily : | Pleuronectinae |
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Limanda proboscidea Gilbert , 1896 |
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- According to FishBase [1] :
- Myzopsetta proboscidea
(Gilbert, 1896) - Pleuronectes proboscidea
(Gilbert, 1896) - Pleuronectes proboscideus
(Gilbert, 1896)
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Content
The maximum recorded length of the body is 40 cm, in the catches it is usually 15–20 cm. In the dorsal fin there is 62–74 soft rays. Anal fin with 46–53 soft rays. The head is slightly concave over the middle of the upper eye. The snout is elongated, its length is greater than the diameter of the eye. Teeth blunt, conical shape. The eye side of the body is grayish brown or greenish brown. The blind side is lemon yellow [3] [4] .
They lead a near-bottom way of life, keep at a depth of 0–160 m, usually 10–125 m. They are found in desalinated water areas near the mouths of rivers. In the winter months migrate to greater depths.
Power
The basis of the diet consists of polychaetes , they also feed on small crustaceans and mollusks.
Reproduction
Males of trunk flounder ripen for the first time, depending on the area, reaching a length of 14-18 cm and age of three years. Females first mature at the age of 4 years with a body length of 14-22 cm [5] . The spawning portion, continues from late June to early September with a peak in July-August at a temperature at the bottom from 0.8 to 12 ° C. Fertility from 83 thousand to 840 thousand eggs. Pelagic, spherical caviar [3] .
They inhabit the northern part of the Pacific Ocean: the Sea of Okhotsk, waters off the coast of the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia and the Bering Sea. The northern boundary of the range - Norton Bay.
It is an object of commercial fishing. Catch bottom trawls . Sold in fresh and frozen form, goes to the production of canned food.
- ↑ Synonyms of Limanda proboscidea Gilbert, 1896 (Eng.) In the FishBase database. (Checked March 18, 2019) .
- ↑ Parin N. V., Evseenko S. L., Vasilyeva E. D. Fishes of the Seas of Russia: An Annotated Catalog. - Collection of works of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University. - M .: Fellowship of scientific publications KMK, 2014. - T. 53. - p. 536. - 733 p. - 500 copies - ISBN 978-5-87317-967-1 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Commercial fish of Russia. In two volumes / ed. O. F. Gritsenko, A. N. Kotlyar, and B. N. Koteneva. - Moscow : VNIRO publishing house, 2006. - T. 2. - p. 946. - 624 p. - ISBN 5-85382-229-2 .
- ↑ Limanda proboscidea (Eng.) In FishBase database.
- ↑ Diakov Yu.P. Puberty of Far Eastern flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) // Issled. aq. biol. resources of Kamchatka and sev.-zap. Pacific: Sat. scientific tr. Kamchat .. - 2015. - Vol. 39 - p . 5-69 .
