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Tilefish. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
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Common name for a superior and brilliantly colored food fish of temperate and tropical waters, marked by fleshy flaps on the top of the head and at the corners of the mouth. It is a bottom feeder reaching 3 ft (91 cm) in length and 35 lb (15.8 kg) in weight. Since it thrives only at depths of 50 to 100 fathoms (300–600 ft/91–182 m) and temperatures of about 50°F (10°C), it is thought that the curious and dramatic fluctuations in its abundance are caused by shifting currents of varying temperatures.

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Tilefish - English
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Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

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Tilefish Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps - English
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Tilefish occur from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico and are most abundant from Nantucket to Delaware Bay. They are known to occupy a narrow band of the ocean floor on the upper part of the continental slope where a belt of warm water is found. A significant commercial fishery exists, especially off the Mid-Alantic coast.

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