WoRMS taxon details
Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 158826
AphiaID: 158826
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Paralichthyidae (Family) > Paralichthys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Paralichthys Girard, 1858 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Pleuronectes dentatus Linnaeus, 1766 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Chondracanthus galeritus Rathbun, 1886 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Taeniacanthodes gracilis Wilson C.B., 1935 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acanthochondria galerita (Rathbun, 1886) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (106 nucleotides; 25 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on a variety of fish as well as, shrimp, squid and mollusks [details] Distribution: Maine (rarely Nova Scotia) to northern Florida [details] Habitat: Found to depths of 10 m, prefer hard sandy bottoms in which they can burrow. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, gamefish [details] Predators: Striped sea bass, bluefish, gray weakfish, piked dogfish, northern sea robin [details] Reproduction: Spawning occurs in early September to early November [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158826 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158826 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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