Diseases and Parasites
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Epitheliocystis. Bacterial diseases
Trophic Strategy
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Benthic species. Young feeds on mysids; adults on tomcod, smelt, hake pollock, striped bass, herring, sand shrimp, amphipods, sand lance and seaweed. Parasites of the species include 2 protozoans, 3 trematodes, 1 cestode, 3 nematodes and 2 acanthocephalans (Ref. 5951).
Biology
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Occurs from shore to 45 m depth, occasionally in deeper water.
Windowpane flounder: Brief Summary
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The windowpane flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) is a species of fish in the family Scophthalmidae. It is widespread at a depth of 5–73 meters in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Florida in the United States. An important commercial species, they can grow up to 45.7 cm in length, and live up to 7 years.
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Diet
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Feeds on mysids, shrimps, tomcod, smelt, hake, pollock, striped sea bass and herring
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Distribution
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Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida
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Habitat
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Found to depths of 45 m on sand bottoms.
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Habitat
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benthic
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