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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Scophthalmidae (Turbots)
Etymology: Lepidorhombus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 700 m (Ref. 56504). Deep-water, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 69°N - 26°N, 27°W - 37°E (Ref. 54564)

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Northeast Atlantic: Iceland southward to Cape Bojador (26°N), West Sahara and in the western Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 25.8 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. published weight: 0.00 g; max. reported age: 16 years (Ref. 108908)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 85-94; Anal soft rays: 64 - 74. Dorsal fin origin closer to tip of snout than to anterior edge of eye. Dorsal and anal fins terminate just a little on the blind side of the caudal peduncle. Lateral line forms a distinct curve above the pectoral fin. Dorsal and anal fin with indefinite darker spots posteriorly.

Adults occur on soft bottoms. Depth range from 100-400 m (Ref. 06302) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feed on small bottom-living fishes as well as squids and crustaceans (Ref. 4703). Spawning occurs in deep waters off Iceland and west of the British Isles (Ref. 35388).

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Total spawners (Ref. 108908).

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Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Scophthalmidae. p. 1026. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6501)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.7520 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00367 - 0.00596), b=3.09 (3.02 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.3 ±0.1 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.13; tm=2-4; Fec = 26,522; tmax=16).

Prior r = 0.58, 2 SD range = 0.34 - 1.00, log(r) = -0.54, SD log(r) = 0.27, Based on: 24 K, 5 tgen, 7 tmax, records

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)