Species: Platichthys stellatus

Starry Flounder
Species

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    Harbor seal photographed by Andreas Trepte. Available through a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 license.
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Actinopterygii

    Order

    Pleuronectiformes

    Family

    Pleuronectidae

    Genus

    Platichthys

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    flet étoilé
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae - Platichthys
    Habitat Type Description
    Marine
    Migration
    false - true - false - May move seasonally into and out of fresh water.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Benthic feeder. In salt/brackish water its diet consists of: crabs, polychaetes, molluscs, amphipods, copepods and other invertebrates. In freshwater may eat insect larvae. Type of food changes with size of fish; large flounder eat fishes.
    Reproduction Comments
    Males mature in 2nd year at 8.7-10.9"; females mature in 3rd year at 9.4-14.3". Spawns late November-February in California, later farther north; peaks at water temperature of 11 C (Morrow 1980).
    Ecology Comments
    Abundant in central portion of its range.
    Length
    95
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-09-25
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-09-25
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=SNR&CA.NT=SNR&US.AK=S5&US.CA=SNR&US.OR=S4&US.WA=S4" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Range includes coastal areas from Santa Ynez River, California, north to Alaska, east along Arctic coast of Canada to Bathurst Inlet, west to Sea of Japan (Lee et al. 1980, Page and Burr 2011).
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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