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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Villoso, E.P., G.V. Hermosa and C. Dizon, 1983
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

皇帝魚, Sebelah lima tanda, 扁魚, ... more

Main reference

Sainsbury, K.J., P.J. Kailola and G.G. Leyland. 1985. (Ref. 3131)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9774); common length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9774)

Environment

Marine; demersal

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Pacific: Taiwan and the South China Sea to Australia (Darwin to North West Cape).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 68-72; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 52 - 55; Vertebrae: 33 - 35. Body uniformly brownish, 2 ocelli above and below lateral line and 1 ocellus on posterior third of straight section of lateral line. Many indistinct rings scattered on body and median fins. Teeth in upper jaw small and close-set with3 or 4 pairs of canines anteriorly, teeth in lower jaw stronger and more widely spaced than those in upper jaw. Gill rakers pointed and rather short. Pectoral fin on ocular side with 12-13 rays (Ref 9774).

Inhabits deep waters on mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf (Ref. 9774). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 4896). Marketed fresh and salt-dried (Ref. 9774).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5 ±0.37 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1929