| Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders) |
| 18 cm SL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years |
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demersal; depth range 38 - 150 m |
| Western Pacific: Japan, Korea, and Indo-China. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 68-76; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 53-57; Vertebrae: 35-36. Body pale brownish, with 2 ocelli above and below lateral line and 1 ocellus on posterior third of straight section of lateral line. Teeth in upper jaw small and close-set. Gill rakers long and slender. Soft ray count of pectoral fin refers to that on ocular side (Ref 9774). Body with many ocelli (Ref. 559). |
| Inhabits mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf (Ref. 9774, 11230). Feeds on small benthic crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 9774). Marketed fresh and salt-dried (Ref. 9774). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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Museum: Samar I., Catbalogan, USNM 137923. Visayan Sea between northern Negros and Masbate, southeast south Gigante, USNM 260384. Visayan Sea, east of Sicogon I., USNM 260385 (Ref. 11790). Also Ref. 9494. |
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