Witch flounder
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||
| Family: | Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) |
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| Order: | Pleuronectiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Witch flounder | |||
| Distribution: | Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Banks in Canada to North Carolina in USA; Eastern Atlantic: Northern Spain to northern Norway (Ref. 7251). | |||
| Adult biology: | Inhabits soft mud bottoms in fairly deep water (Ref. 9988). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, brittle stars (Ref. 9988) and fishes (Ref. 58426). Marketed fresh or frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Characteristic group of spines on the operculum appearing at 11 mm length. Two dorso-ventral clusters on the tail. Three additional ventral clusters and urostyle region heavily pigmented. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 2 - 6°C; 70°N - 36°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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