| Family: |
Soleidae (Soles) |
| Max. size: |
10 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Malaysia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 54-54; Anal soft rays: 39-39; Vertebrae: 34-34. This small-sized sole (largest reported size at least 14.0 cm SL) have no external eyes visible
on right side; body overall tear-drop shaped; head relatively long (head length 25.5 % SL) and,
rounded, its width 127.6 % HL with deepest part of body (42.6 % SL; body depth at anus 36.8 % SL, located about at point about equal to 1/4 SL, the body gently tapering to caudal peduncle
(with depth 6.2 % SL); pectoral fin on right side of body absent; all unpaired fins confluent; D 54; A 39; caudal-fin rays 12; pelvic-fin rays 3 on both left and right; no gill rakers on gill arches; 9 + 25 = 34 (Ref. 126196). |
| Biology: |
Occurs on soft muddy-slit substrate. Caught as bycatch of Macrobrachium rosenbergii fishery with the use of a method called 'Belat' (net length ca15 m, mesh about 4-5 cm wide) held in place by long wooden stakes laid around a shallow dip in the river bank during low tide, and left for one tidal cycle before retrieval (Ref. 126196). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 February 2021 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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