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Platichthys flesus

(North Atlantic Flounder)

Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Ushojze E Zeze

Common Names in Bulgarian:

Pisia

Common Names in Catalan:

Bot, Plana, Plana D'itlia, Plana D'itàlia

Common Names in Croatian:

Iverak, Kalkan, Pasara, Platka, Zlatopjeg

Common Names in Czech:

Platáz Bradavicnatá, Platýs Bradavicnatý, Platýs Malý, Plats Bradavicnat

Common Names in Danish:

Flynder, Skrubbe

Common Names in Dutch:

Bot

Common Names in English:

Baltic Flounder, Butt, European Flounder, Flounder, Fluke, Mud Flounder, North Atlantic Flounder, River Flounder, White Fluke

Common Names in Faroese:

Ósaskrubba, saskrubba

Common Names in Finnish:

Kampela

Common Names in French:

Flet, Flet D´europe, Flet D'europe

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

Leadhbhóg, Leadhbhg

Common Names in German:

Butt, Butte, Elbbutt, Flinder, Flinger, Flunder, Gemeine Flunder, Goldflunder, Graubutt, Sandbutt, Strombutt, Strufbutt, Struffbutt, Struvbutt, Wattbutt, Weserbutt

Common Names in Greek:

Φασί, Χειμάρα, Χωματίδα, Chamatída, Chamatda, Cheimara, Fasi, Φασί, Χωματίδα, Χειμάρα

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Chamatída, Cheimara, Fasi, Φασί

Common Names in Icelandic:

Flundra

Common Names in Irish:

Leadhbhóg

Common Names in Italian:

Latesiol, Linguata, Linguata Pianusa, Palaria Steddara, Pansona, Passara, Passarella, Passarello, Passariello, Passarin, Passaru, Passaua, Passera, Passera Nera, Passera Pianuzza, Passera Planuzza, Passerino, Passira, Passr, Pianuzza, Rummo, Solla

Common Names in Japanese:

Karei

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

川鰈, 河鰈, 川鰈, 川鲽, 河鰈, 河鲽

Common Names in Manx:

Liehbage

Common Names in Norwegian:

Skrubbe

Common Names in Polish:

Stornia

Common Names in Portuguese:

Patruça, Petruca, Solha, Solha Das Pedras Patrúcia, Solha Das Pedras Patrcia, Solha-Das-Pedras

Common Names in Romanian:

Cambula

Common Names in Rumanian:

Cambula, Cambula De Liman, Cambulă De Liman

Common Names in Russian:

речная камбала, Baltiiskaya Rechnaya Kambala, Chernomorskaya Kambala, Morskaja Kambala, речная камбала, Rechnaja Kambala

Common Names in Serbian:

Iverak, Jandroga

Common Names in Slovak:

Platesa Mal, Platesa Malá

Common Names in Slovene:

Iverka, Jezik

Common Names in Slovenian:

Iverka, Jezik

Common Names in Spanish:

Platija, Platija Europea, Platixa, Solla

Common Names in Swedish:

Flundra, Skrubba, Skrubbflundra, Skrubbskädda, Skrubbskdda

Common Names in Turkish:

Derepisi Baligi, Derepisisi, Derepisisi Baligi

Description

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Family Pleuronectidae

Chiefly marine ; occasionally brackish ; rare in freshwater . Distribution: Arctic , Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Both eyes normally on the right side. Preoperculum with a free margin . Fins without spines. Dorsal fin extends on head . Swimbladder absent in adults . The pigmented side is capable of remarable color changes in order to match the bottom . Predators of benthic invertebrates and fishes . Pelagic spawners. Eggs without oil globule in yolk . Benthic, from a few to more than 1,000 m. Almost all species important to fisheries. Cooper and Chapleau (1998; Ref. 30193) exclude the subfamilies Poecilopsettinae, Rhombosoleinae, and Paralichthodinae.The family Pleuronectidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Pleuronectiformes. It contains 39 genera and 93 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, pleura = side, ribe + Greek, nekton = swimmer

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -3 meters (-9 feet).Standard Deviation = 102.090 based on 10,737 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Diet

Juveniles of less than a year old feed on plankton and larvae of insects, juveniles of more than a year and adults feed on benthic fauna (Ref. 51442), including small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 30193).

Migration

Migratory fish , which is most of the year found in estuaries (Ref. 51442). During winter, adults retreat to deeper, warmer waters, where they spawn in spring (Ref. 30193). The growing larvae are moving to the coast (Ref. 51442). Juveniles live in shallow coastal waters and estuaries, which are also the summer feeding grounds for the adults (Ref. 30193).

Behavior

Nocturnal and burrowing (Ref. 30193).

Taxonomy

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Ambiguous Synonyms

  1. Pleuronectes flesus baltica Suvorov, 1925

Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Flesus vulgaris Moreau, 1881
  2. Platessa carnaria Brown, 1830
  3. Platessa glabra Rathke, 1837
  4. Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Platichthys flesus subsp. bogdanovi (Sandeberg, 1878)
  6. Platichthys flesus subsp. flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  7. Platichthys flesus subsp. luscus (Pallas, 1814)
  8. Platichthys flesus subsp. marmorata Nordmann, 1840
  9. Platichthys flesus subsp. trachurus (Duncker, 1892)
  10. Pleuronectes bogdanovii Sandeberg, 1878
  11. Pleuronectes flesoides Pontoppidan, 1766
  12. Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Pleuronectes flesus subsp. caninensis Suvorov, 1929
  14. Pleuronectes flesus subsp. leiurus Duncker, 1892
  15. Pleuronectes flesus subsp. luscus Pallas, 1814
  16. Pleuronectes flesus subsp. septentrionalis Berg, 1949
  17. Pleuronectes flesus subsp. trachurus Duncker, 1892
  18. Pleuronectes italicus Gnther, 1862
  19. Pleuronectes luscus Pallas, 1814
  20. Pleuronectes passer Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Pleuronectes roseus Shaw, 1796

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Amaoka K ., Data last modified by FishBase 03-Feb-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Platichthys

There are approximately 15 species in this genus:

P. flessus · P. flesus (Baltic Flounder) · P. flesus bogdanovi (White Sea Flounder) · P. flesus flesus · P. flesus italicus · P. flesus luscus · P. flesus marmorata · P. flesus septentrionalis (Northern Flounder) · P. flesus trachurus · P. sitellatus · P. stellatus (Emerywheel) · P. stellatus hybrid · P. stellatus rugosus (Emerywheel) · P. stillatus · P. x pleuro flesus x platessa

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2009-01-01