name: Common Dab
flavor_db_name_variants: common dab
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Common dab
id: 574
name_scientific: 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 .
itis_id: 172881
wikipedia_id: Common dab
picture_file_name: 588.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 56486
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:16.000Z
legacy_id: 615
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Fishes
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:50.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 27771
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00574