Witch (righteye flounder)

Witch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Glyptocephalus
Species:
G. cynoglossus
Binomial name
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleuronectes cynoglossus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pleuronectes saxicola Faber, 1828
  • Pleuronectes nigromanus Nilsson, 1829
  • Platessa elongata Yarrell, 1839
  • Glyptocephalus acadianus Gill, 1873-74

The witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), known in English by a variety of other common names including the witch flounder, pole flounder, craig fluke, Torbay sole, and grey sole, is a species of flatfish from the family Pleuronectidae. It occurs on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean on muddy sea beds in quite deep water. In northern Europe it has some importance in fisheries as a food fish.

  1. ^ Cadrin, S.; González Troncoso, D.; Nimmegeers, S.; Vansteenbrugge, L.; Wheeland, L. & Munroe, T.A. (2022). "Glyptocephalus cynoglossus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T18214757A162704857. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T18214757A162704857.en. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Glyptocephalus cynoglossus". FishBase. February 2018 version.