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Cynoglossidae (Tonguefishes) > Cynoglossinae
Etymology: Paraplagusia: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, plagos, plagios = oblique.
More on author: Bloch.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; salmastro demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 25 m (Ref. 30573). Tropical; 33°N - 32°S, 30°E - 154°E
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 94837); common length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 30573)
Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 99-115; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 72 - 89; Vertebre: 50. Upper side tan, marbled with dark wavy lines enclosing pale patches; 2 lateral lines on eyed side, none on blind side (Ref. 4418). Caudal vertebrae 36-44; mid-lateral line scales 75-109 (Ref. 9224, 11691).
Found on mud and sand bottoms of the continental shelf (Ref. 30573). Enters shallow estuarine waters (Ref. 4833) and tidal rivers (Ref. 1479).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 25 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 2940 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00598 - 0.02651), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).