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Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792)
LEMON SOLE
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Microstomus kitt ( Walbaum , 1792 )

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Microstominae
Etymology: Microstomus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Walbaum .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243 ); depth range 10 - 200 m, usually 10 - 150 m (Ref. 35388 ). Temperate; 72°N - 43°N, 26°W - 45°E (Ref. 54592 )

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Northeast Atlantic: Bay of Biscay to the White Sea and off Iceland.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m 29.3 , range 20 - 30 cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9988 ); max. published weight: 3.0 kg (Ref. 6112 ); max. reported age: 23 years (Ref. 6112 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Small head and mouth. Body is oval. Skin is marbled and smooth. Lateral line almost straight, slight curve above the pectoral fin (Ref. 35388 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives most often on stony bottoms. Feeds on a variety of small invertebrates, but polychaetes seem to dominate. Apparently they do not feed in wintertime (Ref. 9900 ). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988 ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Spawning is mainly confined to depths of 55-91 m in the northwestern North Sea and commences at a minimum temperature of 6.5 °C in Scottish waters. Sex ratio is about 1:1, but females progressively predominate upon sexual maturity.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Vinnikov, K.A., R.C. Thomson and T.A. Munroe , 2018. Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 125:147-162. (Ref. 122998 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 02 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 7.1 - 12.5, mean 9.9 °C (based on 1310 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00603 - 0.00954), b=3.09 (3.02 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.2   ±0.33 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.08-0.42; tm=3-6; tmax=23). Prior r = 0.71, 95% CL = 0.45 - 1.14, Based on 1 stock assessment. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High vulnerability (57 of 100). Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 20.4 [11.3, 39.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.237 [0.134, 0.434] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [15, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.301 [0.150, 0.610] g/100g; Selenium = 18.1 [9.7, 37.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.6 [1.8, 30.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.377 [0.264, 0.576] mg/100g (wet weight);

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