Longhead Dab: Limanda proboscidea Gilbert, 1896
A distinctive looking flatfish common in Bering Sea and uncommon but widespread in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
Size
- Up to 41 cm
Color & Characteristics
- Eyed side grayish brown, covered with small, indistinct white spots; blind side lemon yellow
- Lateral line with high arch over pectoral fin; long, produced snout; concave profile above the eyes
- The characteristic snout develops in juveniles after about 40 mm in length
Habitat
- Predominantly boreal Pacific
- Benthic, on sand and mud substrates
- Shallow, in water depths to 125 m
- Near-bottom temperatures of 0-11°C
Feeding
- Preys on polychaetes, gammarid amphipods, bivalves, cumaceans
- Eaten by cods, sculpins, halibuts, skates, and other bottom fishes
Life cycle
- Little known
- Spawns in May to August
- Egg diameter 0.72-0.87 mm
- Number of eggs 78,700-841,000
- Eggs and larvae pelagic
Page Author: CW Mecklenburg & TA Mecklenburg
Updated: March 5, 2011
