American flatfish

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• American lobster — Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

• Flatfish — Taxobox name = Flatfish image width = 250px image caption = 19th c. engraving depicting several types of flatfish regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Pleuronectiformes subdivision ranks = Families subdivision =… …   Wikipedia

• American plaice — Taxobox name = American plaice image width = 240px image caption = American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides name = American plaice regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Pleuronectiformes familia = Pleuronectidae …   Wikipedia

• American sole — Taxobox name = American soles regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Pleuronectiformes familia = Achiridae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Many; see text The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of… …   Wikipedia

• USS Plaice (SS-390) — USS Plaice (SS 390), a Balao class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder.Operational history Plaice was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine 14 …   Wikipedia

• Demersal fish — Bluespotted ribbontail ray resting on the seafloor Demersal fish live on or near the bottom of the sea or lakes.[1] They occupy the sea floors and lake beds, which usually consist of mud, sand, gravel or rocks …   Wikipedia

• commercial fishing — Introduction  the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them.       Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …   Universalium

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• Sole (fish) — The soles are flatfishes of various families. Generally speaking, they are the members of the family Soleidae, but, outside Europe, the name sole is also applied to various other similar flatfish, especially other members of the sole suborder… …   Wikipedia

• plaice — /plays/, n., pl. plaice. 1. a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food. 2. any of various American flatfishes or flounders. [1250 1300; ME, var. of plais < OF < LL platessa flatfish < Gk platýs FLAT1, broad] * * * Commercially… …   Universalium

• flounder — flounder1 flounderingly, adv. /flown deuhr/, v.i. 1. to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually fol. by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. 2. to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He… …   Universalium