Hippoglossoides platessoides

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Hippoglossoides platessoides, commonly known as the American plaice, is a North Atlantic flatfish species of commercial importance in fisheries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hippoglossoides 1
Hippoglossoides platessoides canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species ⓘ
flatfish ⓘ
marine organism ⓘ
assessedBy ICES ⓘ
NAFO ⓘ
linked to: NAFO Secretariat
bodyShape laterally compressed ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse food fish ⓘ
commonName American plaice ⓘ
rough dab ⓘ
depthRange 10–200 m ⓘ
occasionally to 700 m ⓘ
describedBy Johann Julius Walbaum ⓘ
diet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
polychaete worms ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
eggType pelagic eggs ⓘ
eyePosition both eyes on right side of body ⓘ
family Pleuronectidae ⓘ
fishedBy trawl fisheries ⓘ
foundIn Barents Sea ⓘ
Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
Icelandic waters ⓘ
Labrador Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
northeastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
northwestern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
genus Hippoglossoides ⓘ
habitat continental shelf ⓘ
muddy bottoms ⓘ
sandy bottoms ⓘ
soft bottoms ⓘ
importance commercially important in North Atlantic fisheries ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
larvalHabitat pelagic ⓘ
lifestyle demersal ⓘ
maximumLength 70 cm ⓘ
maximumWeight 3 kg ⓘ
nativeTo North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic
order Pleuronectiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction spawning in late winter to spring ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temperaturePreference cold-temperate waters ⓘ
typicalLength 30–50 cm ⓘ
waterType marine ⓘ
yearDescribed 1792 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pleuronectidae → includes → Hippoglossoides platessoides ⓘ
Hippoglossoides platessoides → genus → Hippoglossoides ⓘ
linked to: Hippoglossoides platessoides