Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) >
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Engyprosopon: Greek, eggys = nearly + Greek,prosopon = a face (Ref. 45335); keliaoense: Name from Chinese 蚵寮 (Ke Liao), meaning oyster hut; referring to its type locality which is a small village that raised oysters and collected fishes for living since century ago..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 30 m (Ref. 127473). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127473); 7.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 81 - 84; Anal soft rays: 62 - 63; Vertebrae: 34. This species is distinguished by the following: a pair of black spots on the caudal fin; small upper and lower eyes (3.48-3.77 in HL); both sexes with narrow interorbital width (5.96-9.78 in HL), and a short pectoral fin on the ocular side (1.25-1.43 in HL) (Ref. 127473).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Amaoka, K. and H.-C. Ho, 2022. Engyprosopon keliaoense, a new lefteye flounder (Teleostei: Bothidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):222-232. (Ref. 127473)
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].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 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).
