Hogchoker
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit coastal waters. They also enter fresh waters, going hundreds of miles upstream. Migrate downstream to spawn in spring . Larvae move upstream after hatching . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Hogchoker is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous ; depth range 0 - 75 m , usually 50 - 60 m . Subtropical; 5°C - 22°C ; 43°N - 9°N, 79°W - 74°W Central Atlantic: Massachusetts to Florida, throughout the Gulf of Mexico, to Panama.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Freshwater Flounder · Freshwater Sole · Hogchoker |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Plettet ferskvandstunge |
| 🇩🇪German | Amerikanische Seezunge · Gefleckte Flunder · Sandflunder · Zwergflunder |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Järviantura · Järvikampela |
| 🇫🇷French | Sole Bavoche |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Amerikaanse tong |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Achira |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Aramaçá · Linguado-lixa · Solha · Solha-mamona · Tapa |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Пятнистый морской язык |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | suela tortilla |
| 🌍THA | ปลาลิ้นหมาน้ำจืดอเมริกา |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 斑點三鰭鰨 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achirus fasciatus | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
| Pleuronectes maculatus | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Pleuronectes mollis | Mitchill | 1814 | Synonym |
| Solea brownii | Günther | 1862 | Synonym |
| Trinectes fasciatus | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
| Trinectes scabra | Rafinesque | 1832 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 171 records indexed .
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