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<li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px Also try Dollar Fish. Tom K. ---- "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > THANKS, MIKE: I Googled American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, > and below are a few links about this species, which can reach 30 cm. > long but usually are 15 to 20 cm. long. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > American butterfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_butterfish > The American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, is a butterfish of the > family Stromateidae. It is also known as a dollarfish, shiner, > skipjack, sheepshead, ... > Appearance - Range - Habits - Breeding > Peprilus triacanthus, Atlantic butterfish : fisheries, gamefish - > FishBase > www.fishbase.org/summary/492 > Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Atlantic butterfish. Upload your > photos and videos · Pictures | Google image · Image of Peprilus > triacanthus (Atlantic butterfish). > [PDF] > Butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, Life History and Habitat > Characteristics > www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm145/tm145.pdf > NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-145. Essential Fish Habitat Source > Document: Butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus,. Life History and Habitat > Characteristics. > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Mike Dadswell <mike.dadswell@acadiau.ca> > > Date: March 16, 2014 3:16:11 PM ADT > > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, > > "jimwolford@eastlink.ca" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > > Subject: RE: re species ID of "flatfish?" > > > > Jim > > The fish are probably not 'flatfish' I would guess they are > > 'butterfish' which are silvery, small, round, pelagic and might > > show up in Bras D'Or in winter. > > > > Tell the fellow in Trenton the striped bass at Trenton outflow > > are common. > > > > Mike D > > ________________________________________ > > From: James W. Wolford [jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > > Sent: March 16, 2014 12:05 AM > > To: Dusan Soudek; Mike Dadswell; Ken McKenna > > Subject: re species ID of "flatfish?" > > > > Dusan, Where is "Little Passage"? And Mike, can you guess at the > > possibilities for species of these "flatfish"? Thanks everyone! > > from Jim in Wolfville > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca<mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca>> > > Date: March 15, 2014 4:20:57 PM ADT > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] species ID of "flatfish?" > > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > > > > > > Ken McKenna > > Box 218 Stellarton NS > > B0K 1S0 > > 902 752-7644 > > Hi Dusan > > Maybe a Flounder species- (winter, yellowtail, witch) or American > > Plaice. These may be some of the species that occur in the area. > > There are quite a number of varieties of "flatfish". > > No Double-crested Cormorants are in Pictou Co. yet that I can see. > > There is much harbour ice although today's south winds opened up > > some water off Merigomish Harbour and Big Island. The DC Cormorants > > usually arrive in the last week of March. > > I wonder if the cormorants you saw were over-wintering Great > > Cormorants. We had 3 over-winter here near the Trenton power plant > > outflow although I only saw one last weekend.A large number of > > Common Mergansers, and Bald Eagles joined in catching what seemed > > to be abundant fish this winter at the outflow of the Trenton power > > plant. A few fish that showed up dead on the shore looked like > > Striped Bass. > > cheers > > ken > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dusan Soudek<mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > > To: NatureNS<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:37 PM > > Subject: [NatureNS] species ID of "flatfish?" > > > > Yesterday, while waiting for the ferry at the Bras d’Or Lakes’ > > Little Passage, I was impressed by the 20 – 40 cormorants fishing > > and frequently catching. All the caught fish looked to be the same > > species. About 30 cm in length, quite silvery, and very round when > > seen from the side. A ferry crew member called them “flatfish.” > > > > The path of the ferry was the only open water around, as the nearby > > portion of the lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite > > habituated to the back-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones > > sitting on the edge of the ice barely moved when the ferry went by, > > and the ones swimming avoided it by mere feet. A bald eagle and > > some mergansers were also present but less active than the > > cormorants. What a show! Does anyone know the proper scientific > > name of “flatfish?” Is there a run on right now? > > > > Dusan Soudek > > >
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