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Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)

American plaice
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Greenland country information

Common names: Okôtak, Oquutaq
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the fjords and in Davis Strait from Cape Farewell to Upernavik. Less common along the east coast where it can be found as far norh as Cape Perry (Ref. 9926). Also Ref. 9925.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronectinae
Etymology: Hippoglossoides: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek, glossa = tongue + Suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser demersal; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 10 - 3000 m (Ref. 58426), usually 90 - 250 m (Ref. 6263).   Temperate; 80°N - 41°N, 72°W - 55°E

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen |
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