- 겨울 가자미 Flounder, Winter
. 학명; Pseudopleuronectes americanus
. 서식지; 시원하고 얕은 물의 모래와 진흙 바닥 선호
. 통명; 겨울 가자미
. 특징; 두 눈이 오른쪽에 몰려있고 여름에는 깊은 물로 이동하고 겨울에 해안회귀
. 먹이와 요리법; 절이거나 훈제, 회나 스튜로 섭취
1 학명과 서식지
- 학명; Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- 서식지
. 온도와 깊이; 시원하고 얕은 물의 모래와 진흙 바닥 선호
. 지역; 캐나다와 미국 동부 온대 근해와 기수
Winter flounder are common from Chesapeake Bay north to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Stragglers occur south to Georgia and north to Labrador.
Habitat. Winter flounder are found inshore in estuaries and coastal ocean areas. In the mid-Atlantic they stay inshore from January through April. Smaller fish occur in shallower water, although larger fish will enter water only a foot deep. They range anywhere from well up into the hightide mark to depths of at least 400 feet. Preferring sand-mud bottoms, they are also found over sand, clay, or fine gravel and on hard bottom offshore.
2 통명
- 영어; flounder, lemon sole, sole, blackback, blueback, black flounder, dab, mud dab, flatfish, Georges Bank flounder;
French: plie rouge; Italian: sogliola limanda; Spanish: mendo limon.
- 한글; 겨울 가자미
3 개요
- 길이; 70센티이내
- 체중; 80파운드이내, 평균 1파운드내외
. 차가운 해역일 수록 더 느리지만 크게 성장
Most winter flounder weigh between 1 and 11⁄2 pounds and average less than a foot in length, although they are capable of growing to 8 pounds and 2 feet. The alltackle world record is 7 pounds. Larger fish are sometimes called “sea flounder” to distinguish them from the smaller bay fish.
4 특징
- 두 눈이 오른쪽에 몰려있고 여름에는 깊은 물로 이동하고 겨울에 해안회귀
- 여름 넙치는 반대로 여름에 해안에 접근
- 편평하고 타원형의 몸과 작은 입
- 적갈색에서 작은 검은 반점이 있는 암갈색까지 다양
One of the most common and well-known flounder of shallow Atlantic coastal waters, the winter flounder belongs to the Pleuronectidae family of flatfish. It is a right-eyed flatfish, with both eyes on the right side of its body, and gets its name because it retreats to cold, deep water in the summer and reappears in shallower water close to shore in the winter; its relative the summer flounder does the opposite.
Identification. The body is oval and flat with a tiny mouth. Color varies from reddish-brown to dark brown with small black spots. The underside is whitish and occasionally brown, tinged with blue around the edges. The caudal fin is slightly rounded. The winter flounder differs from the similar yellowtail flounder in its straight lateral line, no arch over
5 먹이와 요리법
- 먹이; 유충은 동물성과 식물성 플랑크톤, 치어는 요각류와 다모류를 추가하고 성어는 환형동물, 갑각류, 이매패류와 생선도 섭취
- 맛이 좋아 어획과 낚시로 인기
- 주로 바닥에서 매복하여 사냥하고 입이 작아 작은 먹이를 주로 섭취
- 회, 절이거나 훈제, 스튜로 섭취
Spawning occurs in shallow water over sandy bottoms from January through May. Winter flounder eggs stick together and sink to the bottom, where they hatch in roughly 16 days, depending on water temperature. These fish move from deep water toward shallow water during the fall and offshore again in the spring.
Food and feeding habits. When on a soft bottom, the winter flounder will lie buried up to its eyes, waiting to attack prey. Because of its small mouth, its diet includes only smaller food like marine worms, small crustaceans, and small shelled animals like clams and snails.