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- useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama (同)Trinectes maculatus
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Hogchoker |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Actinopterygii |
Order: |
Pleuronectiformes |
Family: |
Achiridae |
Genus: |
Trinectes |
Species: |
T. maculatus |
Binomial name |
Trinectes maculatus
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) |
The hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) is a small flatfish found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts and Florida to Panama.[1] They prefer brackish water, and are abundant in many bays and estuaries north of the Carolinas (another similar species[which?] replaces it south of the Carolinas). It is a member of the American sole family Achiridae. They are usually brown to dark brown in color, and lighter on their "blind side" (side lacking an eye). The overall body color is often broken by a series of spots and thin stripes, which can be lighter or darker than the main body color. The fins and tail have fringed edges helping hide the fish from its prey. They mainly feed on small aquatic insects and invertebrates.
Distinguished from other species by an interbrachial septum lacking a foramen, T. maculatus often has no (rarely one) ray(s) in its pectoral fin.[2]
In the aquarium
Hogchokers are sometimes offered for sale in aquarium stores, often marketed as "freshwater flounder" or "freshwater fluke". This is not fully correct, however. While some species of full freshwater flatfish exist from Southeast Asia and South America, the hogchoker is thought to be a species of coastal estuaries and mud flats. While some aquarists have kept specimens for their whole lives in fresh water, it is not known whether or not they can thrive without salt. Large adult specimens have been found quite regularly up the Mississippi, Hudson, and East Rivers, so long as the bottom is soft sand and rich enough to cultivate small invertebrates on the substrate. They spend their time in aquariums attached to rocks, driftwood, and the glass, using their bellies as suction cups in much the same manner as hillstream loaches.
They are hard to feed, preferring live food such as brine shrimp, Daphnia, mosquito larvae, and Tubifex worms. In the wild, they feed mainly by sifting tiny organisms (white sandworms in salt and brackish water, insect larvae in fresh) out of sand and mud. When unhealthy, the spots on this fish's belly often change color or move.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Trinectes maculatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- ^ Munroe, T.A., 2002
- Munroe, T.A., 2002. Achiridae. American soles. p. 1925-1933. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals
- "Trinectes maculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
English Journal
- Effects of exposure to pile-driving sounds on the lake sturgeon, Nile tilapia and hogchoker.
- Halvorsen MB1, Casper BM, Matthews F, Carlson TJ, Popper AN.
- Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society.Proc Biol Sci.2012 Dec 7;279(1748):4705-14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1544. Epub 2012 Oct 10.
- Pile-driving and other impulsive sound sources have the potential to injure or kill fishes. One mechanism that produces injuries is the rapid motion of the walls of the swim bladder as it repeatedly contacts nearby tissues. To further understand the involvement of the swim bladder in tissue damage,
- PMID 23055066
- Infection experiments with Aphanomyces invadans in four species of estuarine fish.
- Johnson RA1, Zabrecky J, Kiryu Y, Shields JD.
- Journal of fish diseases.J Fish Dis.2004 May;27(5):287-95.
- Along the eastern seaboard of the US, Atlantic menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus, develop characteristic ulcerative lesions, a condition termed ulcerative mycosis. These lesions are identical to those seen across Asia in fish affected by epizootic ulcerative syndrome, a condition caused by the fungus-li
- PMID 15139907
- High performance liquid chromatographic separation of fish biliary polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites.
- Deshpande AD.
- Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology.Arch Environ Contam Toxicol.1989 Nov;18(6):900-7.
- A modification of Krahn's procedure for the high performance liquid chromatographic (HLPC) separation of fish biliary polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) metabolites was examined by using three C-18 columns in tandem, eluted with a mobile phase gradient of 100% water to 100% acetonitile in 240 m
- PMID 2619329
Japanese Journal
- Pigmentation and morphological abnormalities in the hogchoker, Trinectes maculatus (Pisces, Soleidae)
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- Hog´chok`er n. 1. (Zool.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus syn. Achirus achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value. Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Noun 1. hogchoker - useless as food ...
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