Derwent flounder

Derwent flounder
Derwent flounder
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Taratretis
Species: T. derwentensis
Binomial name
Taratretis derwentensis
(Last, 1978)

The Derwent flounder, Taratretis derwentensis, is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives on sand and mud bottoms in shallow coastal waters, at depths of between 3 and 50 metres (9.8 and 160 ft). Its native habitat is the southwestern Pacific, particularly the south east coast of Australia, from New South Wales to South Australia and Tasmania. It grows to at least 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in length, and can reach up to 12 centimetres (4.7 in).[1][2]

Commercial fishing

Although the Derwent flounder is listed as a minor component of the Tasmanian commercial flounder catch, its small size makes it undesirable, and any bycatch would probably be discarded. It is also recorded as bycatch in prawn trawling in South Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Taratretis derwentensis". FishBase. 5 June 2009. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=14530. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
  2. ^ a b Baker, Janine (2008-05-20). "Derwent Flounder". Reef Watch. The Conservation Council of South Australia. http://www.reefwatch.asn.au/pages/bin/view/Publications/SamsccDerwent_Flounder. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 


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