WoRMS taxon details
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792)
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158885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158885)
accepted
Species
Platessa pusilla DeKay, 1842 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792) Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61537#/summary [details]
Distribution Labrador to Georgia, abundant only in the central part of its range
Distribution Labrador to Georgia, abundant only in the central part of its range [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158885 on 2023-05-28
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original description
(of Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792) Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61537#/summary [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. <em>D. Carlisle, New York.</em> 1-28. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 106 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Feeds on shrimps, amphipods, crabs, sea urchins and snails [details]Distribution Labrador to Georgia, abundant only in the central part of its range [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat An inshore species, found to depths of 5 m, migrate offshore in winter and return inshore by summer. [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, experimental aquaculture, gamefish [details]
Predators Atlantic cod, American angler, little skate, striped sea robin [details]
Reproduction Spawns in late winter or early spring in Canadian waters, occurs over sand or mud bottoms [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | winter flounderlemon solecommon flounderblack backs | [details] |
| French | plie rouge | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (40 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Platessa pusilla DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (265 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa pusilla DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase images (Pseudopleuronectes americanus, by Lavan, J.)
To GenBank (1799 nucleotides; 230 proteins)
To GenBank (1799 nucleotides; 230 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pleuronectes americanus USNM 395010 radiograph) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudopleuronectes americanus RAD103807-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis P00937 illustration) (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Platessa pusilla DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (265 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes planus Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Platessa pusilla DeKay, 1842)
To FishBase images (Pseudopleuronectes americanus, by Lavan, J.)
To GenBank (1799 nucleotides; 230 proteins)
To GenBank (1799 nucleotides; 230 proteins) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pleuronectes americanus USNM 395010 radiograph) (from synonym Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum, 1792)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudopleuronectes americanus RAD103807-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis P00937 illustration) (from synonym Pseudopleuronectes dignabilis Kendall, 1912)
To ITIS
