You can sponsor this page

Hippoglossina oblonga (Mitchill, 1815)

American fourspot flounder
Add your observation in Fish Watcher
Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Hippoglossina oblonga   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Upload your photos and videos
 Pictures | Google image
Image of Hippoglossina oblonga (American fourspot flounder)
Hippoglossina oblonga
Picture by Flescher, D.

United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Fourspot flounder
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also in Ref. 37512.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Fourspot flounder, Fourspot flounder, Cardeau à quatre ocelles, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders)
Etymology: Hippoglossina: Greek, ippos = horse + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Mitchill.

Issue
This species is placed in the genus Paralichthys Girard, 1858 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following various check-lists and faunas. We follow T. Munroe (pers. comm., June 2011) keeping it in Hippoglossina.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 311 m (Ref. 5951).   Temperate; 48°N - 23°N, 83°W - 57°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'fbapp.scientificname' doesn't exist in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2055 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php(2055): mysqli->query() #1 /var/www/html/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php(1230): checkPointMApDisplay() #2 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2055