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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders)
Etymology: Pseudorhombus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 164 m (Ref. 9494). Tropical; 34°N - 4°N

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Western Pacific: South China Sea north to China and Japan (Ref. 9774); also from the Philippines (Ref. 4537).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9774); common length : 22.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9774); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 72462)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 77 - 89; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 60 - 69; Vertebrae: 37 - 39. Body brownish, a distinct ocellus at junction of straight and curved parts of lateral line. Many dark rings scattered on body, many dark spots on median fins. A line connecting base of dorsal-fin ray and posterior nostril on eyed side passes behind posterior end of maxilla, or crosses its posterior part. Gill rakers moderately long and slender. Soft ray count of pectoral fin refers to that on ocular side (Ref 9774).

Inhabits mud and sand bottoms of shallow coasts or bays (Ref. 9774, 11230, 48637) to 164 m (Ref. 9494). Feeds on small benthic crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 9774). Also caught with small bottom trawls (Ref. 9774). Marketed mostly fresh (Ref. 9774).

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Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. (plates). Tokai University Press, Shinjuku Tokai Building. Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (Ref. 711)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.8 - 27.4, mean 23.9 °C (based on 197 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00334 - 0.01248), b=3.14 (2.98 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 3.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.31).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Pseudorhombus cinnamoneus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)