American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) fish species and information / pictures of American plaice - Hippoglossoides platessoides

American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) fish species information

Scientific Name
Hippoglossoides platessoides

Common Name
American plaice

Biology
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).

Classification

Classified By

Fabricius, 1780

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Righteye flounders (Pleuronectidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Atlantic

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 (Ref. 7251). Two subspecies were recognized, H. p. platessoides from northwestern Atlantic, and H. p. limandoides from the northeastern Atlantic (Ref. 51668).

Range

77°N - 41°N, 72°W - 55°E

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

3000 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 3000 m (Ref. 58426), usually 90 - 250 m (Ref. 6263)

Trophic Level

3.65 s.e. 0.49 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

82.6 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

Vulnerability

High vulnerability (63 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (rm=0.43; K=0.06-0.12; tm=2-11; tmax=30; Fec=50,000)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated