Biology and Fishery of Arrowtooth Halibut Atheresthes
https://doi.org/10.36038/0131-6184-2025-6-61-69
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Abstract
Data are presented on the distribution, biology and fishing of two sympatric sibling flatfishes – arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) and Kamchatka flounder (A. evermanni). Both species are characterized by a similar ecology, but arrowtooth flounder halibut has a wider range and greater ecological plasticity to environmental conditions. The results of a comparative analysis of the biology of arrowtooth flounder and Kamchatka flounder in their shared habitat – the East Kamchatka zone – are presented. Maturation ogives for two species of halibut are given. The linear and weight growth of Kamchatka flounder is described.
About the Authors
E. N. Kuznetsova
The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena N. Kuznetsova – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Marine Fish Department of the Far East
105187, Moscow, Okruzhny proezd, 19
A. V. Sogrina
The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasia V. Sogrina – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Marine Fish Department of the Far East
105187, Moscow, Okruzhny proezd, 19
F. A. Melnikova
The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Felicia A. Melnikova – Junior Specialist of the Marine Fish Department of the Far East
105187, Moscow, Okruzhny proezd, 19
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Kuznetsova E.N., Sogrina A.V., Melnikova F.A. Biology and Fishery of Arrowtooth Halibut Atheresthes. Fisheries. 2025;(6):61-69. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.36038/0131-6184-2025-6-61-69. EDN: LJJTTL
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