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Engyprosopon grandisquama (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Largescale flounder
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Engyprosopon: Greek, eggys = nearly + Greek,prosopon = a face (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Issue
Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 7 - 200 m (Ref. 11298). Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: East Africa, throughout the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11298); common length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3322)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 81 - 87; Radios blandos anales: 61 - 65; Vértebra: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body deeply ovoid; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the third and fourth fin rays from upper- and lowermost rays in the fin; the ocular-side pectoral fin is not elongate, and no sexual differences in its length; gill rakers are very short, not serrate (Ref. 126076). Description. D 81-87; A 61-65; pectoral-fin rays on ocular-side 10-12, blind-side 8-10; caudal-fin rays 3 + 11 + 3; pelvic-fin rays on ocular-side 6, blind-side 6; lateral line scales 40-45; gill rakers 0 + 5-7; vertebrae 10 + 14 (Ref. 126076).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found on sandy and muddy areas of the continental shelf. Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, and other benthic animals (Ref. 9824). Marketed fresh and sometimes dried (Ref. 9824).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

Amaoka, K., E. Mihara and J. Rivaton, 1993. Pisces, Pleuronectiformes: Flatfishes from the waters around New Caledonia. - A revision of the genus Engyprosopon. p. 377-426. In A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 22. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (158):377-426. (Ref. 9558)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.2 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 1099 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00548 - 0.01664), b=2.99 (2.84 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 79.5 [29.8, 152.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.613 [0.289, 1.093] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.3, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0965 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 36.4 [18.2, 74.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 86.1 [21.1, 354.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.33 [0.86, 1.92] mg/100g (wet weight);