WITCH FLOUNDER
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
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Also called common sole. It is white fish, flat and salt water. Inhabits sand or mud covered bottoms, exposing only the eyes. They live at medium depth, over 100 meters. Live in temperate temperatures. It reproduces during the winter months and its eggs are pelagic. Its immobility is greater during the day because it is mainly nocturnal habits. Its diet is carnivora, feeding on small fish, crustaceans and invertebrates of the bottom, especially annelids. He is a hunter who hopes to camouflage his victims under the sand.
Its body is ovoid and flattened on both sides, it is protected by very small ctenoid scales. You can mimic by taking the hue of the sand or the stones of the bottom. When he feels in danger, he waves his fins so that the sand covers him, burying himself almost completely.
Languages | Witch flounder |
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Latin | Glyptocephalus cynoglossus |
Basque | Oilar |
Spanish | Lenguado |
French | Phe cynoglosse |
English | Witch flounder |
Italian | Passera |