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Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spotted flounder
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> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Citharidae (Citharids)
Etymology: Citharus: Latin, cithara = lire like instrument (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Validity of genus unclear.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad ? - 300 m (Ref. 2683). Subtropical; - 23°S

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Eastern Atlantic: off northwestern Africa south to 23°S; also in the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 12.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 107756); common length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults inhabit soft bottoms from the coastline to about 300 m depth, but rarely caught at depths greater than 200 m (Ref. 9537). They feed on small fish and crustaceans (Ref. 231).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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

Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Citharidae. p. 1025. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6500)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.8 - 19.5, mean 15.2 °C (based on 256 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00485 - 0.00748), b=3.07 (3.00 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.65 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.26-0.30).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (7 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 75.9 [39.8, 172.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.942 [0.441, 1.710] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [17.3, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.308 [0.137, 0.594] g/100g; Selenium = 31.7 [17.1, 65.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.7 [4.7, 44.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.659 [0.460, 0.937] mg/100g (wet weight);