Hippoglossoides platessoides limandoides
Family : Pleuronectidae
Genus : Hippoglossoides
Species : platessoides limandoides
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 82.6 cm NG male/unsexed; max. published weight: 6,400 g; max. reported age: 30 years
Length at first maturity
Lm 29.8, range 15 - 23 cm
Environment
Demersal; oceanodromous; marine; depth range 10 - 3000 m, usually 90 - 250 m
Climate / Range
Temperate; 77°N - 41°N, 72°W - 55°E
Hippoglossoides platessoides limandoides
Family : Pleuronectidae
Genus : Hippoglossoides
Species : platessoides limandoides
Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 82.6 cm NG male/unsexed; max. published weight: 6,400 g; max. reported age: 30 years
Length at first maturity
Lm 29.8, range 15 - 23 cm
Environment
Demersal; oceanodromous; marine; depth range 10 - 3000 m, usually 90 - 250 m
Climate / Range
Temperate; 77°N - 41°N, 72°W - 55°E
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off eastern Greenland and from the English Channel to the coast of Murmansk. Western Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Rhode Island in USA. Two subspecies were recognized, H. p. platessoides from northwestern Atlantic, and H. p. limandoides from the northeastern Atlantic.
Short description
Slender body and a large mouth. Dorsal fin starts above left eye. Lateral line almost straight. Rough scales.
Biology
Adults are most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C. Live on soft bottoms. Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. Batch spawner. Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked
Common names:
Common name/ Language/ Country
Almindelig Håising Danish Denmark
Håising Danish Denmark
Lange schar Dutch Netherlands
American dab English USA
American plaice English Canada
American plaice English UK
American plaice English USA
Canadian plaice English Canada
dab English USA
Long rough dab English Isle of Man
Long rough dab English UK
Plaice English USA
Hvassasprek Faroese Faeroe Is
Skeivikjaftur Faroese Faeroe Is
Liejukampela Finnish Finland
Balai French France
Balai de l'Atlantique French France
Faux flétan French France
Flétan nain French France
Plie canadienne French Can Quebec
Plie canadienne French Canada
Plie canadienne French France
Doggerscharbe German Germany
Rauhe Scharbe German Germany
Scharbenzunge German Germany
Glossáki-chomatída Greek Greece
Oquutaq Greenlandic Greenland
Skrápflúra Icelandic Iceland
Lest Estonian Estonia
Ikkahnalook Inuktitut Alaska
Ipkelnokto Inuktitut Alaska
Ipkuknaluk Inuktitut Alaska
Nadalna Inuktitut Canada
Nataktook Inuktitut Alaska
Natanak Inuktitut Canada
Natangnok Inuktitut Alaska
Natarnak Inuktitut Can Quebec
Natarnaq Inuktitut Can Quebec
Okôtak Inuktitut Greenland
Passera canadese Italian Italy
美洲拟庸鲽 Mandarin Chinese China Main
美洲擬庸鰈 Mandarin Chinese China Main
Gapeflyndre Norwegian Norway
Niegladzica Polish Poland
Solha americana Portuguese Portugal
Solha-americana Portuguese Portugal
Iverak Serbian Serbia
Platija americana Spanish Spain
Glipskädda Swedish Sweden
Lerflundra Swedish Sweden
Lerskädda Swedish Sweden
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