[NatureNS] re butterfish? for ID of "flatfish?"

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THANKS, MIKE: I Googled American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, =20
and below are a few links about this species, which can reach 30 cm. =20
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=E2=80=8E
The American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, is a butterfish of the =20=

family Stromateidae. It is also known as a dollarfish, shiner, =20
skipjack, sheepshead, ...
=E2=80=8EAppearance - =E2=80=8ERange - =E2=80=8EHabits - =E2=80=8EBreeding=

Peprilus triacanthus, Atlantic butterfish : fisheries, gamefish - =20
FishBase
www.fishbase.org/summary/492=E2=80=8E
Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Atlantic butterfish. Upload your =20
photos and videos =C2=B7 Pictures | Google image =C2=B7 Image of =
Peprilus =20
triacanthus (Atlantic butterfish).
[PDF]
Butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, Life History and Habitat =20
Characteristics
www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm145/tm145.pdf
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-145. Essential Fish Habitat Source =20
Document: Butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus,. Life History and Habitat =20=

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>, =20
> "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 =20
> 'butterfish' which are silvery, small, round, pelagic and might =20
> show up in Bras D'Or in winter.
>
>      Tell the fellow in Trenton the striped bass at Trenton outflow =20=

> 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 =20
> possibilities for species of these "flatfish"?  Thanks everyone! =20
> 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 =20
> Plaice. These may be some of the species that occur in the area. =20
> There are quite a number of varieties of "flatfish".
> No Double-crested Cormorants are in Pictou Co. yet that I can see. =20
> There is much harbour ice although today's south winds opened up =20
> some water off Merigomish Harbour and Big Island. The DC Cormorants =20=

> usually arrive in the last week of March.
> I wonder if the cormorants  you saw were over-wintering Great =20
> Cormorants. We had 3 over-winter here near the Trenton power plant =20
> outflow although I only saw one last weekend.A large number of =20
> Common Mergansers, and Bald Eagles joined in catching what seemed =20
> to be abundant fish this winter at the outflow of the Trenton power =20=

> plant. A few fish that showed up dead on the shore looked like =20
> 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=E2=80=99Or =
Lakes=E2=80=99 =20
> Little Passage, I was impressed by the 20 =E2=80=93 40 cormorants =
fishing =20
> and frequently catching. All the caught fish looked to be the same =20
> species. About 30 cm in length, quite silvery, and very round when =20
> seen from the side. A ferry crew member called them =E2=80=9Cflatfish.=E2=
=80=9D
>
> The path of the ferry was the only open water around, as the nearby =20=

> portion of the lake was frozen solid. The cormorants were quite =20
> habituated to the back-and-fro movement of the ferry. The ones =20
> sitting on the edge of the ice barely moved when the ferry went by, =20=

> and the ones swimming avoided it by mere feet. A bald eagle and =20
> some mergansers were also present but less active than the =20
> cormorants. What a show! Does anyone know the proper scientific =20
> name of =E2=80=9Cflatfish?=E2=80=9D Is there a run on right now?
>
> Dusan Soudek
>


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