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The species has also been found to host a parasite, Acanthochondria limanda, which lives in their gill cavity.

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Behavior

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Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical

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Conservation Status

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There is no current threat to the dabfish's populations; they are protected by their high productivity.

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Benefits

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The dabfish are important to commercial fishermen in Europe. They are popular because they have the sweetest flesh of all flatfish. They are captured by trawls and shore seines.

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Trophic Strategy

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Dabfish feed upon hermit crabs, isopods, shrimp, amphipods, echinoderms, mussels, and worms. They feed during the day by waiting for their prey to pass by. They locate their food primarily with sight and attack when the prey moves, but they occasionally use smell also.

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Distribution

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Found along the Western European coasts of Iceland, from the White Sea to the Bay of Biscay. Also found in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland, and is most prevalent in the Southern North Sea.

Biogeographic Regions: atlantic ocean (Native )

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Habitat

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Dabfish are common to sandy, muddy bottom waters. They live in shallower waters in the summer (20-40m). In the fall, they are found in muddy bottoms up to 150 meters in depth.

Aquatic Biomes: benthic ; coastal

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Morphology

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Limanda limanda are distinguished from other flatfish by having both eyes on the right side of their head; furthermore, the scales on the eyed-side are rough and toothed. Their color varies from pale yellow to a brown/green hue.

Other Physical Features: bilateral symmetry

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Reproduction

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The spawning season is from March to May. The eggs are pelagic and drift in the water currents until they hatch (roughly 4 cm). The eggs hatch in about twelve days, and sexual maturity is reached in two years while full adult size isn't reached until five years of age (22-30 cm). Female dabfish are extremely fertile, a 30 cm-sized female can produce one million eggs.

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Brief Summary

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Dab have eyes on the right side of their body, just like plaice and flounder. They are plentiful on the bottom of the Wadden and North Seas. Dab is not a popular consumption fish in the Netherlands. Turbot and brill and regarded highly but not the ordinary dab. It is even referred to as the 'weed of the sea'. In earlier days, you could see dab hanging on lines to dry in the wind in fishing villages. This was an unusual delicacy. Nowadays, dab is an export fish for Japan, where it is much more valued!
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Benefits

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Moderately important to the fishing industry and is caught mainly in trawls and Danish seines It is also popular with anglers, despite its small size, for it is common in inshore waters and takes a bait eagerly. The total catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999 was 20 943 t. The countries with the largest catches were Netherlands (8 656 t) and Iceland (3 981 t). Marketed fresh, dried/salted, smoked and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.

Brief Summary

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Benthic, lives mainly on sandy bottoms,from a few meters to about 150 m.Feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs, worms and small fishes. Spawns from January to August; larvae settle at depths of 10-20 m.

Size

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To 42 cm, seldom more than 30 cm.

Distribution

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Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to White Sea, also Iceland.

Diagnostic Description

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Body rather deep, its depth 2 to 2.5 times in standard length. Mout rather small, reaching only to just in front of lower eye. Ctenoid scales on eyed side, cycloid scales on blind side. Dorsal finrays 65 to 81. Anal finrays 50 to 64. Lateral line scales 73 to 90. Coloration usually warm sandy-brown, varying from light brown to grey-brown with small darker freckles on the eyed side; on the blind side white.

References

  • Alegre, M., J. Lleonart & J. Veny. - 1992 Espècies Pesqueres d'interès comercial. Nomenclatura oficial catalana. Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura, DARP, TERMCAT. 64 pp.
  • Nielsen, J. G. - 1986 Scophthalmidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead et al., (eds.). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (FNAM). Unesco, Paris, vol. III: 1299-1307.

Trophic Strategy

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Also feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 12224).
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Migration

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Biology

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Adults live mainly on sandy bottoms, from a few meters to about 100 m. Feed mainly on crustaceans and small fishes. Batch spawner (Ref. 51846). Marketed fresh, dried or salted, smoked and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled. microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial
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Common dab

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The common dab (Limanda limanda) is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about 100 metres (330 ft). It can reach 40 centimetres (16 in) in length and can weigh up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), though most specimens grow no longer than 20 centimetres (7.9 in).[3][4]

Taxonomy and nomenclature

The etymology of the name dab is unclear, but the modern English use seems to originate from the Middle English dabbe.[5] It is first recorded in the late 16th century.[6]

The common dab was first named Pleuronectes limanda by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It has also been moved to other genera, including Liopsetta, and is now known as Limanda limanda.[7]

Identification

Common dab caught while fishing

The common dab has a similar appearance to both the plaice and the flounder, and similarly has both its eyes normally on the right-hand side of its body. The upper surface is usually pale brown in colour with scattered darker blotches and speckles, but does not have the orange spots typical of a plaice. They are distinguished from flounder by their translucent body. The pectoral fins may be orange. The lateral line is marked by a distinctive semi-circular curve above the pectoral fin. The dorsal and anal fins form a gently rounded curve round the margin of the body. The scales have rough posterior edges and this fish has no large bony projections. A typical size is in the range 25 to 40 cm (10 to 16 in).[4][8]

Diet

The common dab's diet consists of zoobenthos organisms such as marine worms, molluscs, sand eels, amphipods, crustaceans, echinoderms and small pieces of fish.[4]

Distribution

The common dab is a bottom dweller, found in coastal waters in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its range extends from the Bay of Biscay to Iceland and the White Sea and includes the North Sea and the western part of the Baltic Sea.[9]

Commercial fishing

The dab is an abundant fish and until recently was mostly ignored as a commercial fish, with most dab only retained when they were caught as by-catch of other targeted species.[10][11] However, the declining numbers of other food fish such as cod and haddock has seen dab become an increasingly important commercial species.[12] They are now targeted by an increasing number of commercial vessels, especially in the North Sea. A number of high-profile celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver have attempted to get people to eat more dab in order to take the pressure off the species of commercial fish which are currently heavily exploited.[13]

References

  1. ^ Monroe, T.; Costa, M.; Nielsen, J.; Herrera, J.; de Sola, L. (2014). "Limanda limanda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T18214863A45790133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18214863A45790133.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2014. Limanda limanda. In: IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Archived from the original on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2011-01-24.. Downloaded on 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Limanda limanda". Fishbase. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  4. ^ a b c Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. (2005). "Limanda limanda". Encyclopaedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Habitas Online. Archived from the original on 2 August 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  5. ^ "dab". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  6. ^ "dab". Random House Unabridged Dictionary. Random House. 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  7. ^ "Synonyms of Limanda limanda". Fishbase. 7 May 2005. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  8. ^ "Dab: Limanda limanda". NatureGate. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  9. ^ "Species factsheet: Limanda limanda". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  10. ^ Burton, Maurice; Burton, Robert (2002). "Dab". The international wildlife encyclopedia. Vol. 10. Marshall Cavendish. pp. 634–5. ISBN 978-0-7614-7266-7.
  11. ^ North Sea Task Force (1993). North Sea quality status report 1993. Fredensborg, Denmark: Olsen and Olsen. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-872349-07-7.
  12. ^ "Dab". British Sea Fishing. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Mediterranean-style Dab". JamieOliver.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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Common dab: Brief Summary

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The common dab (Limanda limanda) is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about 100 metres (330 ft). It can reach 40 centimetres (16 in) in length and can weigh up to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), though most specimens grow no longer than 20 centimetres (7.9 in).

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