WoRMS name details
Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
158879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158879)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platessa ferruginea Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
Distribution Southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay
Distribution Southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158879 on 2024-09-24
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original description
(of Platessa ferruginea Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds on polychaete worms, amphipods, shrimp, isopods, sand lance and capelin [details]Distribution Southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Habitat An offshore species, found at depths of 36- 82 m over sandy and muddy bottoms. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, experimental aquaculture [details]
Predators Sandbar shark [details]
Reproduction Spawns in spring and summer on bottom, external fertilization, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]