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Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Gunther, 1862
FIVESPOT FLOUNDER
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Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus, Fivespot flounder : fisheries
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Pseudorhombus pentophthalmus Günther , 1862

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 38 - 150 m (Ref. 9774 ). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Japan, Korea, and Indo-China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106388 ); common length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9774 ); max. published weight: 208.70 g (Ref. 106388 ); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 47703 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 68-76; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 53 - 57; Vertebrae : 35 - 36. Body pale brownish, with 2 ocelli above and below lateral line and 1 ocellus on posterior third of straight section of lateral line. Teeth in upper jaw small and close-set. Gill rakers long and slender. Soft ray count of pectoral fin refers to that on ocular side (Ref 9774). Body with many ocelli (Ref. 559 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf (Ref. 9774 , 11230 ). Feeds on small benthic crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 9774 ). Marketed fresh and salt-dried (Ref. 9774 ).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205 ).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Amaoka, Kunio | Collaborators

Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott , 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 16.7 - 28.1, mean 26 °C (based on 299 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00631 (0.00372 - 0.01070), b=3.15 (3.00 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=3). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Very high .

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