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  • The highly piscivorous (i.e., fish-eating) arrowtooth flounder is found mostly on the outer shelf area, as is flathead sole, which mainly consumes brittle stars.

    General description of the Arctic biota 2009

  • On the Pacific side in the eastern Bering Sea, yellowfin sole, flathead sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon), rock sole (Pleuronectes bilineatus), Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus), and arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) are important members of the groundfish community [101].

    General description of the Arctic biota 2009

  • The two latter species showed opposite changes post-1977 (increasing biomass for arrowtooth flounder and decreasing biomass for Greenland halibut).

    Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009

  • Even though results from these studies are highly variable, strong autocorrelation in recruitment associated with the significant change in climate in 1977 was observed for many salmonids and some winter-spawning flatfish species such as eastern Bering Sea arrowtooth flounder and Greenland halibut.

    Past variability in Arctic marine systems 2009

  • The highly piscivorous (i.e., fish-eating) arrowtooth flounder is found mostly on the outer shelf area, as is flathead sole, which mainly consumes brittle stars.

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

  • Hauling in his line, he was surprised to see he'd made two catches on one hook - an arrowtooth flounder, and a Pacific sleeper shark that sought to eat the flatfish.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • Hauling in his line, he was surprised to see he'd made two catches on one hook - an arrowtooth flounder, and a Pacific sleeper shark that sought to eat the flatfish.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

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