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Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Foureyed sole
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Microchirus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, cheir = hand (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 30 - 300 m (Ref. 3200). Subtropical; 43°N - 4°N

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Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island (Ref. 74541), Canary Islands, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone; northward to southwest of Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa (Ref. 3200).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 124816); common length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); peso máximo publicado: 70.00 g (Ref. 124816)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 62 - 70; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 64 - 75; Vértebra: 40 - 43. Greyish, median fins darker; 4 round, white-edged, black ocelli on posterior part of body; white-edged black band across peduncle; black blotch on lateral line behind tip of pectoral; faint dark spots on anterior part of body (Ref. 3200).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms.

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Desoutter, M., 1990. Soleidae. p. 1037-1049. 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. 5304)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2013

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): 13.8 - 24.9, mean 17.1 °C (based on 211 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00637 - 0.01570), b=2.96 (2.83 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
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 (11 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 176 [62, 318] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.50, 2.38] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.7, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.279 [0.124, 0.554] g/100g; Selenium = 28.5 [14.1, 59.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.6 [5.8, 51.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.916 [0.585, 1.355] mg/100g (wet weight);