| Synonyms | | | | Pleuronectes asper Pallas, 1814: 425 (original description). | | | Limanda asprella Hubbs, 1915: 482. |
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| FAO Names | | En - Yellowfin sole, Fr - Limande du Japon, Sp - Limanda japonesa. |
| 3Alpha Code: YES Taxonomic Code: 1830202402 |
| Diagnostic Features | | | Body rather deep. Mout small. Snout slightly produced. Upper profile of head nearly straight; upper jaw length on ocular side less than 1/3 of head length. Jaws and dentition on blind side better developed than those on ocular side; teeth obtusely conical. Lateral line with 74-90 scales, a distinct curve above pectoral fin. Supratemporal branch of lateral line without a posterior prolongation. Total gillrakers on first arch 3-9 + 5-10. Dorsal rays 64-77. Anal rays 48-58. Pectoral rays 9-13. Pelvic rays 6. Vertebrae 35-43. Colour brownish, young with a number of small dark spots on head and body, disappearing in the adult; median fins uniform, or with small dark spots or streaks. |
| Geographical Distribution | |
| | Western Pacific Ocean. Korea Pen., The Okhotsk Sea, the northeast coast of Hokkaido, the Kamchatka Pen., the Bering Sea, Alaska to Vancouver Island. |
| Habitat and Biology | | | Benthic, lives mainly on sandy bottoms,from a few meters to about 50 m.Feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs, worms and small fishes. |
| Interest to Fisheries | | Global Capture production for
Limanda aspera
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Comercial fisheries and gamefish. Caught with bottom trawls and line gear. The most common fishing techniques are "demersal bottom trawling" and "small flatfish (flounders, soles) bottom trawling". The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 56 830 t. The countries with the largest catches were USA (56 830 t).
| |  Related Fishing Techniques |
Bibliography Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org Norman, J. R. - 1934 A systematic monograph of the flatfishes (Heterosomata).Vol. I: London: 459 pp. Sakamoto, K. - 1984 Pleuronectidae. In: H. Masuda; K. Amaoka; C. Araga; T. Uyeno; T. Yoshino (eds.). The Fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokai. Univ. Press. 351-354. |
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