Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 10519 specimens in 16 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 5810 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 486
Temperature range (°C): 4.628 - 26.480
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.133 - 39.811
Salinity (PPS): 32.163 - 37.147
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 6.849
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 3.216
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 81.249
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 486
Temperature range (°C): 4.628 - 26.480
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.133 - 39.811
Salinity (PPS): 32.163 - 37.147
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 6.849
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 3.216
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 81.249
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 5810 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 486
Temperature range (°C): 4.628 - 26.480
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.133 - 39.811
Salinity (PPS): 32.163 - 37.147
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 6.849
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 3.216
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 81.249
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 486
Temperature range (°C): 4.628 - 26.480
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.133 - 39.811
Salinity (PPS): 32.163 - 37.147
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.321 - 6.849
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 3.216
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 81.249
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Associations
Known prey organisms
Paralichthys (Paralichthys (fish)) preys on:
Acartia tonsa
Gammarus
Emerita analoga
Austromenidia
Based on studies in:
USA: North Carolina, Pamlico (Estuarine)
Peru (Coastal)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Acartia tonsa
Gammarus
Emerita analoga
Austromenidia
Based on studies in:
USA: North Carolina, Pamlico (Estuarine)
Peru (Coastal)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- B. J. Copeland, K. R. Tenore, D. B. Horton, Oligohaline regime. In: Coastal Ecological Systems of the United States, H. T. Odum, B. J. Copeland, E. A. McMahan, Eds. (Conservation Foundation, Washington, DC, 1974) 2:315-357, from p. 318.
- H. W. Koepcke and M. Koepcke, Sobre el proceso de transformacion de la materia organica en las playas arenosas marinas del Peru. Publ. Univ. Nac. Mayer San Marcos, Zoologie Serie A, No. 8, from p. 24 (1952).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 187 | Public Records: | 56 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 175 | Public Species: | 9 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 169 | Public BINs: | 11 |
| Species: | 12 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 12 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Paralichthys
Paralichthys is a genus of large-tooth flounders native mostly to the coastal waters of the Americas.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Paralichthys adspersus (Steindachner, 1867) (Fine flounder)
- Paralichthys aestuarius C. H. Gilbert & Scofield, 1898 (Cortez flounder)
- Paralichthys albigutta D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Gulf flounder)
- Paralichthys brasiliensis (Ranzani, 1842) (Brazilian flounder)
- Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) (California flounder)
- Paralichthys delfini Pequeño & Plaza, 1987
- Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Summer flounder)
- Paralichthys fernandezianus Steindachner, 1903
- Paralichthys hilgendorfii Steindachner, 1903
- Paralichthys isosceles D. S. Jordan, 1891
- Paralichthys lethostigma D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1884 (Southern flounder)
- Paralichthys microps (Günther, 1881)
- Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill, 1815) (American fourspot flounder)
- Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Bastard halibut)
- Paralichthys orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Paralichthys patagonicus D. S. Jordan, 1889 (Patagonian flounder)
- Paralichthys schmitti Ginsburg, 1933
- Paralichthys squamilentus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Broad flounder)
- Paralichthys triocellatus A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903
- Paralichthys tropicus Ginsburg, 1933 (Tropical flounder)
- Paralichthys woolmani D. S. Jordan & T. M. Williams, 1897 (Speckled flounder)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Paralichthys in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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