Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Family : Righteye flounders ; Inhabits soft mud bottoms in fairly deep water. Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes and brittle stars. Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,026 meters (0 to -13,209 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Glyptocephalus acadianus Gill • Glyptocephalus cynoglossus • Glyptocephalus kitaharai • Microstomus kitaharae Jordan and Starks, 1904 • Platessa elongata Yarrell • Pleuronectes cynoglossus • Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus • Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758 • Pleuronectes nigromanus Nilsson • Pleuronectes saxicola Faber

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 09-Nov-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Glyptocephalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. cynoglossus (Greysole) · G. pacificus (Short-Finned Sole) · G. stelleri (Blackfin Flounder) · G. zachirus (Long-Finned Sole)

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Further Reading

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• A guide book to the marine fishes of Rhode Island. Photos by the author. Watch Hill, R. I., Book and Tackle Shop[1960] url p. 101, p. 40.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 47.
• A list of the publications of the United States National Museum (1875-1900) including the Annual reports, Proceedings, Bulletins, Special bulletins, and Circulars, with index of titles, by Randolph I. Geare. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1902. url p. 146, p. 23.
• A manual of the vertebrate animals of the northern United States: including the district north and east of the Ozark mountains, south of the Laurentian hills, north of the southern boundary of Virginia, and east of the Missouri river, inclusive of marine species / Chicago:A. C. McClurg, 1916. url .
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• American food and game fishes: A popular account of all the species found in America north of the equator, with keys of ready identification, life histories and methods of capture New York: Doubleday, Page & co., 1902. url .
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• An analytical subject bibliography of the publications of the Bureau of Fisheries, 1871-1920 Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1921 url p. 69.
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Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Fish Observations (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data (NEFSC,NMFS,NOAA)(USOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data (Professional) held by MarLIN.
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 127606
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22723
• Fishbase Species ID: 26
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 172873
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCTB05010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 111323

Footnotes

1. Mean = 204.810 meters (671.949 feet), Standard Deviation = 800.760 based on 2,629 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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