A marine fish belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes and family Strigiformes. It is found in various parts of Japan south of southern Hokkaido, in the East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, etc. The southern tongue sole and Korean tongue sole are found in southern Japan south of the East China Sea and South China Sea, and the yellow tongue sole is found in the East China Sea. The body is oblong, thin and flat. The snout is curved ventrally like a hook, and the tip does not reach the front edge of the eye. The rear end of the mouth is below or beyond the rear edge of the eye. The eyes are small and close together. There are three lateral lines on the side of the body where the eyes are, and there are 11 to 13 scales between the top and middle lateral lines. The body color is reddish brown. It grows to a total length of just over 25 centimeters. It lives on sandy and muddy bottoms at depths of 20 to 130 meters, and feeds on worms and small crustaceans. Spawning peaks in the summer in coastal waters. The body length reaches about 10 cm in one year, 15 cm in two years, and 20 cm in four years. They are caught using bottom trawls, bottom gill nets, and fixed nets, and are served as meunière, fried, or grilled with salt. [Akira Ochiai and Kunio Amano] [Reference] |© Tadaaki Ohkata "> Main species of sole (specimen illustration) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
硬骨魚綱カレイ目ウシノシタ科に属する海水魚。北海道南部以南の日本各地、東シナ海、南シナ海、黄海などに分布する。南日本以南、東シナ海、南シナ海にミナミアカシタビラメとコウライアカシタビラメ、東シナ海にはカラアカシタビラメがいる。体は長楕円(ちょうだえん)形で、薄くて平たい。吻(ふん)はカギ状に腹方へ曲がり、先端は目の前縁下に達しない。口の後端は目の後縁の下またはそこを越える。目は小さくて互いに接近する。目のある体側の側線は3本で、最上と中央の側線間の鱗(うろこ)は11~13枚。体色は赤褐色。全長25センチメートル余りになる。水深20~130メートルの砂泥底にすみ、ゴカイ類、小型甲殻類などを食べる。産卵は夏が盛期で、沿岸域で行う。体長は1年で10センチメートル、2年で15センチメートル、4年で20センチメートルほどになる。底引網、底刺網、定置網で漁獲され、ムニエル、フライ、塩焼きなどにされる。 [落合 明・尼岡邦夫] [参照項目] |©大片忠明"> シタビラメのおもな種類〔標本画〕 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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