Species: Platichthys stellatus

Starry Flounder
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Fishes
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Fishes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters
Subtidal surveys in Puget Sound
Fishes of the Salish Sea
Platichthys stellatus

Articles:

Foraging differences between male and female harbor seals present challenges for fisheries management

A 2015 article published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series identifies intraspecific differences in diet between harbor seals in the Salish Sea, suggesting implications for marine reserve management. 

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

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ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100452
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
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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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