Chascanopsetta lugubris

Author
Alcock, 1894
Common Names
  • Pelican Flounder

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Min Depth
229 meters
Max Depth
549 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Florida to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Gutherz, E. J. 1967. Field guide to the flatfishes of the family Bothidae in the western North Atlantic. Circular U.S. Depatment of Interior 264: 1–47.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Munroe, T. A. 2002b. Bothidae. Pp. 1885–1895 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-26-2024.

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