Showing Food Common dab
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| Name | Common dab | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Limanda limanda | ||||||||||
| Description | The common dab, Limanda limanda, is an edible flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, in particular the North Sea, where it lives on sandy bottoms down to depths of about 100 metres . It can reach 40 centimetres in length and can weigh up to 1 kilogram, though most specimens grow no longer than 30 centimetres . | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00574 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Aquatic foods | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Fishes | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 172881 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Common dab | ||||||||||
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| Compounds | Preparation type: Raw
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| Content Reference | — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). | ||||||||||