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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Arnoglossus: Greek, aros, -oy = lamb + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: These genera and species are named after ‘Thor’, the first Danish research vessel specifically equipped for oceanic scientific research (named after the Norse god of thunder). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 300 m (Ref. 5979). Subtropical; 43°N - 6°N, 26°W - 42°E
Eastern Atlantic: Ireland (Ref. 4704) to Sierra Leone and Cape Verde. Also known from the western Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm 8.8, range 12 - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4704); common length : 12.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3397); idade máx. registrada: 10 anos (Ref. 32766)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 81 - 91; Raios anais : 61 - 69. Second ray of dorsal fin very long, with a conspicuous dark, fringed broad membrane. First 3 or 4 dorsal fin rays generally blackish in adults but only the elongate second ray is dark in immature fishes.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Found on the upper 100 m of the continental shelf. Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 4704). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 52678 but has been caught in depths inferior to 10m (Ref. 57407).
Aldebert, Y., M. Desoutter and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Bothidae. p. 1027-1036. 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. 5979)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pouco comercial
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Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 13.7 - 18.6, mean 15.4 °C (based on 138 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00575 - 0.00872), b=3.07 (3.02 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): médio(a), tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (K=0.51-0.58; tm=2; tmax=10).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 140 [67, 304] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.57, 2.22] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.9, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.327 [0.141, 0.664] g/100g; Selenium = 29.1 [14.9, 58.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.5 [5.7, 51.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.931 [0.634, 1.335] mg/100g (wet weight);
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