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Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864) 
AphiaID: 158882

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Liopsetta (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Pleuronectes putnami (Gill, 1864)
Rank Species
Parent Liopsetta Gill, 1864
Sources  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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English smooth flounder  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on marine worms, amphipods, small molluscs, shrimps and crabs [details]

Distribution: Ungava Bay (?) to Rhode Island, regularly to Boston Harbour, uncommonly southward [details]

Habitat: Inhabits inshore waters and shallow estuaries. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Predators: Ospreys and great blue herons [details]

Reproduction: Spawns in December and January [details]
Images 
Pair of flounders (plie rouge, plie lisse)
Pair of flounders (plie rouge, plie lisse)
added on 2010-07-24 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Smooth flounder - head view
Smooth flounder - head view
added on 2010-07-24 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158882
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Liopsetta putnami (Gill, 1864). 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=158882 on 2013-06-20
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