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Pseudopleuronectes americanus

(Georges Bank flounder)

Overview

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Family : Righteye flounders ; Feed predominantly in daytime on organisms living in, on or near the bottom ; shrimps, amphipods , crabs, sea urchins and snails[1].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Vinterflynder

Common Names in English:

Blackback, Carrelet, dab, Flounder, Georges Bank flounder, Lemon sole, plie rouge, rough flounder, sole, Winter flounder

Common Names in Faroese:

Amerikansk flundra

Common Names in Finnish:

Mustaselk, Mustaselkäkampela

Common Names in French:

Limande plie rouge, Limande-plie rouge, plie rouge

Common Names in German:

Winterflunder

Common Names in Greek:

Chomat, Chomatída

Common Names in Greek, Modern:

Chomatída

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Chomatída

Common Names in Italian:

Sogliola limanda

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

美洲拟鲽, 美洲擬鰈

Common Names in Norwegian:

Vinterflyndre

Common Names in Polish:

Stornia amerykanska

Common Names in Portuguese:

Solha de inverno, Solha-de-inverno

Common Names in Russian:

камбала зимняя

Common Names in Spanish:

Mendo limon, Solla roja

Common Names in Swedish:

Vinterflundra

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,334 meters (0 to -17,500 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Platessa pusilla Dekay • Pleuronectes americanusPleuronectes americanus Walbaum • Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 • Pleuronectes planus Mitchill • Pseudopleuronectes americanusPseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum) • Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Pseudopleuronectes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. americanus (Georges Bank Flounder) · P. herzensteini (Yellow Striped Flounder) · P. obscurus (Dark Flounder) · P. schrenki (Cresthead Flounder) · P. yokohamae (Marbled Flounder)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Scarratt, D.J. (1996). Atlantic Mariculture: Flounders. Communications Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Scotia-Fundy Region, Halifax, Canada. [back]
  2. Mean = -104.180 meters (-341.798 feet), Standard Deviation = 369.830 based on 7,690 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012