pleuronectid
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Noun edit
pleuronectid (plural pleuronectids)
- (zoology, ichthyology) Any species of the family Pleuronectidae.
- Synonym: pleuronectoid
- 2006, Larry G. Allen, Daniel J. Pondella II, Chapter 4: Ecological Classification, Larry G. Allen, Michael H. Horn (editors), The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters, 105,
- The rockfishes also dominated both the deep northern and southern habitats along with pleuronectids.
- 2008, M. Elliott, K. L. Hemingway, M. J. Costello, S. Duhamel, K. Hostens, M. Labropoulou, S. Marshall, H. Winkler, “Chapter 4: Links between Fish and Other Trophic Levels”, in M. Elliott, Krystal L. Hemingway, editors, Fishes in Estuaries, page 152:
- Two fish species were found in the diet, with juvenile pleuronectids the most common.
- 2009, J. H. Choat, J. P. Kritzer, J. L. Ackerman, “2. Ageing in Coral Reef Fishes: Do We Need to Validate the Periodicity of Increment Formation for Every Species of Fish for which We Collect Age-based Demographic Data?”, in Bridget S. Geen, Bruce D. Mapstone, Gary Carlos, Gavin A. Begg, editors, Tropical Fish Otoliths, page 24:
- The dynamics of those fishes that supported extensive multi-national fisheries in northern temperate and boreal waters (mainly gadids, clupeoids and pleuronectids) became a research priority (Beverton 1992).