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Etymology: Paraplagusia: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, plagos, plagios = oblique; longirostris: longirostris from the Latin meaning 'long snout'..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 12 - 86 m (Ref. 9224). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: northern Australia and southern coast of Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9224)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 133 - 143; Anal soft rays: 102 - 112. Caudal vertebrae 49-55; mid-lateral line scales 115-125. Differs from all other species in the genus Paraplagusia by the non-overlapping high counts for the dorsal and anal fin rays, caudal vertebrae and mid-lateral line scales.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Chapleau, F., C.B. Renaud and P.J. Kailola, 1991. Paraplagusia longirostris, a new flatfish (Cynoglosidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 38(3):239-244. (Ref. 9224)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.8 - 28.8, mean 27.7 °C (based on 402 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00592 - 0.03870), b=3.00 (2.77 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).