| Family: |
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders) |
| Max. size: |
14 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 22 - 292 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Arafura Sea, South China Sea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Philippines, and Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 99-110; Anal soft rays: 78-88; Vertebrae: 46-49. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 5.0-6.7, body depth 2.5-3.2 in SL; upper profile with notch anterodorsal to upper margin of upper eye; pointrf snout;
pectoral-fin length of ocular side 9.7-11.7 in SL or about half of HL; teeth on the lower jaw of the blind side a narrow band; dorsal fin beginning behind posterior nostril nostrils of blind side, the first two rays detached from other rays, no rays prolonged and doral-fin pterigiophores shorter than neural spines of first four caudal vertebrae; D 99-110, A 78-88, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 12-15, on blind-side 10-13, lateral line scales 86-100, gill rakers 3-5 + 5-9, vertebrae 10-11 + 36-38 (Ref. 126083). |
| Biology: |
Feeds on benthic animals. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 10 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
Museum records: 'Albatross' collections: East coast of Luzon, San Bernardino Strait to San Miguel Bay, Legaspi, 146 fathoms (267 m), Stn. 5453, USNM 137395; West coast of Luzon, Manila Bay to Lingayen Gulf, San Fernando Pt., 45 fathoms (82.4 m), Stn. 5442, USNM 137396. Visayan Sea between northern Negros and Masbate Is., se. Tanguingui I., 0 - 69.5 m, USNM 260451 (Ref. 11790). Also collected from Samar Sea, Carigara Bay and the Visayan Sea, northern Negros and Masbate Island, southeast Tanguingui Island (Ref. 126083). |
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