Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, Witch flounder : fisheries

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Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Witch flounder
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Microstominae
Etymology: Glyptocephalus: Greek, glyptes = carver + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री ड़िमरसल; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 18 - 1570 m (Ref. 5951), usually 45 - 366 m (Ref. 6263). Temperate; 2°C - 6°C (Ref. 6263); 70°N - 36°N, 79°W - 26°E

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | बिन्दु नक्शा | भूमिका | Faunafri

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).

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 30.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4705); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 2.5 kg (Ref. 35388); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 25 वर्षो (Ref. 6263)

Short description पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 95 - 120; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 85 - 102. Pectoral fin of eyed side shorter than head. Distal part of pectoral fin blackish (Ref. 232). Large mucus pores on the blind side of the head. Uniform coloration, rough scales. Body elongated with complete straight lateral line (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Eggs and larvae are pelagic.

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Amaoka, Kunio | सहयोगीयो

Vinnikov, K.A., R.C. Thomson and T.A. Munroe, 2018. Revised classification of the righteye flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) based on multilocus phylogeny with complete taxon sampling. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 125:147-162. (Ref. 122998)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A1bd); Date assessed: 12 February 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
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Trophic ecology
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Anatomy
गिल क्षेत्र
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Physiology
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
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Visual pigments
Fish sound
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Genome
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Heterozygosity
हैरेटिबिलटी
Human related
Aquaculture systems
जलीयकृषि रूपरेखाऐ
खींच
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 0.6 - 11.4, mean 7 °C (based on 1302 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00357 - 0.00559), b=3.08 (3.01 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  3.2   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 5.5 (4.8 - 9.9) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 11 growth studies.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (K=0.15-0.2; tmax=25).
Prior r = 0.32, 95% CL = 0.21 - 0.48, Based on 8 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 25.1 [10.1, 45.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.237 [0.120, 0.463] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.4, 18.1] %; Omega3 = 0.36 [0.18, 0.76] g/100g; Selenium = 26.6 [13.3, 56.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.58 [1.93, 36.75] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.455 [0.302, 0.676] mg/100g (wet weight);