Rudolf Svensen, Norwegen
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(Fabricius, 1780)
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off eastern Greenland and from the English Channel to the coast of Murmansk. Western Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Rhode Island in USA.
Two subspecies were recognized, H. p. platessoides from northwestern Atlantic, and H. p. limandoides from the northeastern Atlantic.
Biology:
Adults are most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C.
Live on soft bottoms.
Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. Batch spawner.
Synonyms:
Drepanopsetta platessoides (synonym)
Hippoglossoides limanda Gottsche, 1835 (synonym)
Hippoglossoides platessoides limandoides (Bloch, 1787)
Hypoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) (misspelling)
Pleuronectes limandoides Bloch, 1787
Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off eastern Greenland and from the English Channel to the coast of Murmansk. Western Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Rhode Island in USA.
Two subspecies were recognized, H. p. platessoides from northwestern Atlantic, and H. p. limandoides from the northeastern Atlantic.
Biology:
Adults are most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C.
Live on soft bottoms.
Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. Batch spawner.
Synonyms:
Drepanopsetta platessoides (synonym)
Hippoglossoides limanda Gottsche, 1835 (synonym)
Hippoglossoides platessoides limandoides (Bloch, 1787)
Hypoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) (misspelling)
Pleuronectes limandoides Bloch, 1787
Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius, 1780 (synonym)
Feeding intake.
The fish take a long time to eat at the beginning, before the food is taken up, a close inspection is carried out. After acclimatisation, the offered frozen food is eaten without problems. It should be noted that wild-caught fish behave differently than offspring when it comes to food intake. In the case of offspring, the size of the fish purchased also plays a role in the choice of food.
