Biology:Deepwater dab
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Short description: Species of fish
| Deepwater dab | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Family: | Pleuronectidae |
| Genus: | Poecilopsetta |
| Species: | P. beanii
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| Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881)
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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
- ↑ Froese, Ranier; Pauly, Daniel, eds (5 June 2009). "Deepwater dab". Fishbase. http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58866. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
Wikidata ☰ Q2475125 entry
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