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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) >
Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Typhlachirus: Greek, typhlos = blind + Greek, cheir = hand (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Western Pacific: Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126196)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 54; Anal soft rays: 39; Vertebrae: 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).
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Tan, H.H. and J. Grinang, 2020. Typhlachirus lipophthalmus, a rare eye-less sole from Borneo (Teleostei: Soleidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 30(3):213-220. (Ref. 126196)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00473 - 0.02021), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
