Taxonomic Remarks
Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 7 - 200 m (Ref. 11298). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East Africa, throughout the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11298); common length : 10.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3322)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 81 - 87; Rayons mous anaux: 61 - 65; Vertèbres: 24. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body deeply ovoid; caudal fin with a pair of black blotches, arranged between the third and fourth fin rays from upper- and lowermost rays in the fin; the ocular-side pectoral fin is not elongate, and no sexual differences in its length; gill rakers are very short, not serrate (Ref. 126076).
Description. D 81-87; A 61-65; pectoral-fin rays on ocular-side 10-12, blind-side 8-10; caudal-fin rays 3 + 11 + 3; pelvic-fin rays on ocular-side 6, blind-side 6; lateral line scales 40-45; gill rakers 0 + 5-7; vertebrae 10 + 14 (Ref. 126076).
Cross section: flattened.
Found on sandy and muddy areas of the continental shelf. Feeds on crustaceans, polychaetes, and other benthic animals (Ref. 9824). Marketed fresh and sometimes dried (Ref. 9824).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Amaoka, K., E. Mihara and J. Rivaton, 1993. Pisces, Pleuronectiformes: Flatfishes from the waters around New Caledonia. - A revision of the genus Engyprosopon. p. 377-426. In A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 22. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (158):377-426. (Ref. 9558)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 21.2 - 28.3, mean 26.8 °C (based on 1099 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00933 (0.00548 - 0.01590), b=2.99 (2.84 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.1 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 79.5 [29.8, 152.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.613 [0.289, 1.093] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.3, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.0965 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 36.4 [18.2, 74.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 86.1 [21.1, 354.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.33 [0.86, 1.92] mg/100g (wet weight);
