Biology:Deepwater dab

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Deepwater dab
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Poecilopsetta
Species:
P. beanii
Binomial name
Poecilopsetta beanii
(Goode, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Limanda beanii Goode, 1881

The deepwater dab (Poecilopsetta beanii) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a bathydemersal fish that lives on bottoms at depths of 155 to 1,636 m (509 to 5,367 ft). It can reach 10.7 cm (4.2 in) in length. Its native habitat is the western Atlantic and Caribbean, from New England, United States of America , south through the Gulf of Mexico to Campeche, Mexico, and from the coast of Brazil to northern Colombia, the Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and Cuba.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Ranier; Pauly, Daniel, eds (5 June 2009). "Deepwater dab". Fishbase. http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58866. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

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