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Common names: Spotted sole
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality, Gulf of Carpentaria, northwestern Queensland, QM I.28800 (holotype of Soleichthys maculosus, 7.39 cm SL). Known from Off tropical northern Australia (Fig. 3) from north of Nickol Bay, Western Australia (20°01' S, 116°57'E) and northeast of Port Hedland (19°29' S, 118°52' E), including the Gulf of Carpentaria, northwestern Queensland (12°-13°S, 141°E) to east of Cairns, northeast Queensland (16°55' S, 145°46' E), 37-63 m depth.
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Main Ref: Muchhala, N and T.A. Munroe, 2004
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Soleichthys: Latin, solea = sandal (shoe) + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); maculosus: Named for the conspicuous white spots and blotches forming the distinctive coloration pattern for this species..

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 37 - 63 m (Ref. 55726). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55726)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 78 - 84; Anal soft rays: 64 - 69; Vertebrae: 45 - 46. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: ocular-side pigmentation pattern with a series of white spots and blotches without accompanying crossbands (the only member of this genus with this feature); a scaleless, well-developed pectoral fin on the ocular side; the ocular-side pectoral fin having the second dorsal-most ray longer than the first fin ray (Ref. 55726).

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Muchhala, N and T.A. Munroe, 2004. A new species of Soleichthys (Soleidae: Pleuronectiformes) from tropical seas off northern Australia. Ichthyol. Res. 51:57-62. (Ref. 55726)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 January 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 28.3, mean 27.4 (based on 54 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00473 - 0.02021), 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 ±0.5 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).

Soleichthys maculosus Muchhala & Munroe, 2004