Long rough dab
D-Doggerscharbe; GB-Long rough dab, American plaice; DK-Håising; PL-Niegładzica; EST-Harilik karelest; RU-Камбала-ерш; FIN-Liejukampela; S-Lerskädda
Characters
1) Both eyes on right body side.
2) Big mouth opening (reaches till under eye).
3) Lateral line hardly curved.
●) Dorsal fin beginns above eye.
●) Rough scales.
●) Body surface grey-brown; blind side whitish.
Usually below 45 cm, max. up to 80 cm length.
Similar species
- Most flatfish with both eyes on right side have distinctly smaller mouths (mouth ends in front of eye).
Halibut - body colouration darker; lateral line with distinct cruve above pectoral fin; caudal fin straight or slightly curved inwards.
Biology
Prefers cooler waters, lives in the Sea and in brackisch waters on loose grounds in 10 to 400 m depth. May become up to 30 years old.Diet
Feeds on small bottom-living animals like brittle stars, worms and crustaceans, but also on sand eels and young cods.Importance
Is commercially catched for fishmeal production, otherwise regarded as by-catch.Endangerment
Not endangered.Hippoglossoides platessoides
