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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPleuronectiformes
  4. ›familyPleuronectidae
  5. ›genusLimanda
Limanda proboscidea
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Longhead Dab

Limanda proboscidea Gilbert, 1896

Also calledHanagarei (jpn) · limande carline (fra) · ハナガレイ (jpn) · Хоботная камбала (rus)

First described in: Gilbert, Charles H. 1896. The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. Rep. United States Fish Comm. 21: 393-476.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5213962.