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Scophthalmus aquosus (brill; sand dab; spotted flounder; Windowpane flounder; Windowpane)

Synonyms: Pleuronectes aquosus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) is a fish species in the family Scophthalmidae. Widespread on the depth of 55-73 m in the Western Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Florida in USA. Important commercial species, up to 45.7 cm length, lives up to 7 years.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge VI 16363 Delaware, United States
Cape Cod National Seashore II 21724 Massachusetts, United States
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States

Prey / Diet

Ammodytes dubius (offshore sand lance)[1]
Crangon septemspinosa (sevenspine bay shrimp)[2]
Dichelopandalus leptocerus (bristled longbeak)[2]
Gammarus annulatus[1]
Gammarus lawrencianus[2]
Gobiosoma bosc (Naked goby)[2]
Leptocheirus pinguis[1]
Meganyctiphanes norvegica (Norwegian krill)[1]
Merluccius bilinearis (Whiting)[1]
Neomysis americana (Mysid shrimp)[2]
Pseudodiaptomus coronatus[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Alosa mediocris (Hickory shad)1
Alosa pseudoharengus (kyack)3
Alosa sapidissima (American shad)2
Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray)6
Ammodytes dubius (offshore sand lance)2
Anarhichas lupus (Wolffish)1
Anchoa hepsetus (Broad-striped anchovy)1
Argentina silus (Atlantic argentine)1
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)1
Brevoortia aurea (Brazilian menhaden)1
Brevoortia tyrannus (Shad)1
Brosme brosme (Tusk)3
Centropristis striata (Sea bass)4
Citharichthys arctifrons (Gulf Stream flounder)1
Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw)1
Coelorinchus carminatus (Longnose grenadier)1
Cynoscion regalis (Weakfish)5
Cynoscion striatus (Striped weakfish)1
Dasyatis centroura (clam cracker)1
Dasyatis say (Say's stingray)1
Dasycottus setiger (Spinyhead sculpin)1
Dipturus laevis (Barndoor skate)1
Etmopterus spinax (Black centrina)1
Eutrigla gurnardus (Grey gurnard)1
Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog)1
Gadus morhua (rock cod)2
Galeus melastomus (Black-mouth catshark)1
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Witch flounder)1
Haemulon aurolineatum (Seize)1
Halichoerus grypus (Gray Seal)2
Hippoglossina oblonga (Fourspot flounder)4
Hippoglossoides platessoides (American dab)1
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)3
Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic White-sided Dolphin)1
Lamna nasus (Porbeagle shark)2
Larimus fasciatus (Banded drum)1
Leiostomus xanthurus (Spot croaker)2
Lepophidium profundorum (Fawn cusk-eel)3
Leucoraja erinacea (common skate)6
Leucoraja garmani (Freckled skate)1
Leucoraja ocellata (Winter skate)3
Limanda ferruginea (rusty flounder)4
Lophius americanus (Monkfish)2
Macrourus berglax (smoothspined grenadier)1
Malacoraja senta (Smooth skate)4
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)3
Membras martinica (Rough silverside)1
Menidia menidia (Tidewater silverside)1
Menticirrhus americanus (Woundhead)1
Menticirrhus saxatilis (Northern kingfish)3
Merluccius bilinearis (Whiting)6
Micromesistius poutassou (Poutassou)1
Micropogonias furnieri (Whitemouth drummer)1
Morone americana (Wreckfish)2
Morone saxatilis (Striper bass)1
Mustelus canis (Dogfish)1
Mycteroperca microlepis (Velvet rockfish)1
Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Little sculpin)2
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Sea raven)3
Nezumia bairdii (Marlin-spike grenadier)1
Ophichthus cruentifer (Snake eel)2
Ophidion marginatum (Striped cusk-eel)1
Paralichthys dentatus (fluke)3
Paralichthys orbignyanus1
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor Porpoise)1
Phycis chesteri (Longfin hake)1
Pollachius virens (Sillock)2
Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run)2
Pomatoschistus minutus (freckled goby)1
Prionotus carolinus (Searobin)3
Prionotus evolans (Striped searobin)2
Pseudopleuronectes americanus (rough flounder)5
Raja eglanteria (Clearnose skate)1
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Turbot)1
Scomber scombrus (Split)3
Scyliorhinus canicula (Small-spotted catshark)1
Scyliorhinus retifer (Chain dogfish)1
Sebastes fasciatus (Acadian redfish)2
Squalus acanthias (Common spiny)1
Stenotomus chrysops (Scup)6
Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)1
Syngnathus fuscus (Northern pipefish)2
Triglops murrayi (Moustache sculpin)2
Urophycis chuss (Squirrel hake)8
Urophycis regia (Spotted hake)5
Urophycis tenuis (White hake)3
Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)1
Zoarces americanus (Ocean pout)1

Predators

Gadus morhua (rock cod)[1]
Rachycentron canadum (Sergent fish)[1]
Thunnus thynnus (horse mackerel)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anisakis simplex[4]
Bothitrema bothi[4]
Corynosoma wegeneri[4]
Cryptocotyle lingua[4]
Echinorhynchus gadi[4]
Echinorhynchus laurentianus[4]
Lepidapedon rachion[4]
Pseudoterranova decipiens[4]
Pterobothrium heteracanthum[4]
Stephanostomum baccatum[4]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Aquarium du Quebec

Distribution

Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic, Western Central; Canada; Newfoundland-Labrador Shelf; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Penobscot Bay; Scotian Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; USA (contiguous states); Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to northern Florida in USA.;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000) ♦ 2 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p. ♦ 3Differences in diet of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at five seasonal feeding grounds on the New England continental shelf, Bradford C. Chase, Fishery Bulletin 100 no2 168-80 Ap 2002 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011