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Common names: American plaice, Balai, Balai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., 1986
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Common names from other countries

Platija americana, Камбала-ерш, هوشع كندي, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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 Ekologi

marina bottenlevande; havsvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 10 - 3000 m (Ref. 58426), usually 90 - 250 m (Ref. 6263). Temperate; 80°N - 41°N, 72°W - 55°E

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Point map | Utplanteringar | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada and western Greenland to Rhode Island in USA; Eastern Atlantic: off eastern Greenland and from the English Channel to the coast of Murmansk (Ref. 7251). Two subspecies were recognized, H. p. platessoides from northwestern Atlantic, and H. p. limandoides from the northeastern Atlantic (Ref. 51668).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 35.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 82.6 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 58426); publicerad maxvikt: 6.4 kg (Ref. 7251); rapporterad maxålder: 30 år (Ref. 6263)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Slender body and a large mouth. Dorsal fin starts above left eye. Lateral line almost straight. Rough scales (Ref. 35388).

Adults are most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C (Ref. 6263). Live on soft bottoms (Ref. 9988, 58426). Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. Batch spawner (Ref. 51486). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Medarbetare

Cooper, J.A. and F. Chapleau, 1998. Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fish. Bull. 96(4):686-726. (Ref. 30193)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 12 February 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiellt viktig

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.6 - 10.3, mean 5.6 (based on 824 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00554 - 0.00753), b=3.06 (3.02 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (rm=0.43; K=0.06-0.12; tm=2-11; tmax=30; Fec=50,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)