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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Typhlachirus: Greek, typhlos = blind + Greek, cheir = hand (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Western Pacific: Malaysia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126196)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 54; Anal soft rays: 39; Vertebrae: 34. This small-sized sole (largest reported size at least 14.0 cm SL) have no external eyes visible on right side; body overall tear-drop shaped; head relatively long (head length 25.5 % SL) and, rounded, its width 127.6 % HL with deepest part of body (42.6 % SL; body depth at anus 36.8 % SL, located about at point about equal to 1/4 SL, the body gently tapering to caudal peduncle (with depth 6.2 % SL); pectoral fin on right side of body absent; all unpaired fins confluent; D 54; A 39; caudal-fin rays 12; pelvic-fin rays 3 on both left and right; no gill rakers on gill arches; 9 + 25 = 34 (Ref. 126196).

Occurs on soft muddy-slit substrate. Caught as bycatch of Macrobrachium rosenbergii fishery with the use of a method called 'Belat' (net length ca15 m, mesh about 4-5 cm wide) held in place by long wooden stakes laid around a shallow dip in the river bank during low tide, and left for one tidal cycle before retrieval (Ref. 126196).

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Tan, H.H. and J. Grinang, 2020. Typhlachirus lipophthalmus, a rare eye-less sole from Borneo (Teleostei: Soleidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 30(3):213-220. (Ref. 126196)

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

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 February 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00466 - 0.02049), b=3.07 (2.90 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±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).

Typhlachirus lipophthalmus (Károli, 1882)