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Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock, 1889

Large-crested lefteye flounder
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Sumatra (Padang), Java Sea.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Weber, M. and L.F. De Beaufort, 1929
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Common names from other countries

Crested flounder, Largecrest lefteye flounder, Niten-nagadarumagarei, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Arnoglossus: Greek, aros, -oy = lamb + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Alcock.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 18 - 141 m (Ref. 4900).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Red Sea, through the northern Indian Ocean to the South China Sea, north to southern Japan and south to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia. Report from Madagascar needs confirmation.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9824)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 83 - 98; Radios blandos anales: 65 - 77; Vértebra: 41 - 42. Body with a large dark spot posteriorly on the base of both the dorsal and anal fins and with elongated anterior rays in the dorsal fin.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits sand, mud, and gravel bottoms (Ref. 9824). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 8924).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

Amaoka, K., O. Okamura and T. Yoshino, 1992. First records of two bothid flounders, Grammatobothus polyophthalmus and Arnoglossus tapeinosoma, from Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 39(3):259-264. (Ref. 9203)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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