Taxonomic Remarks
Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 7 - 200 m (Ref. 11298). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East Africa, throughout the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: 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)
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).
Cross section: flattened.
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).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 21.2 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 1099 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00548 - 0.01590), 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 (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrientes (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);