Bothidae (Lefteye flounders) |
10.6 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; marine; depth range 50 - 100 m |
Northwest Pacific: Japan to Taiwan. |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 83-96; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 62-73. A pair of jet-black blotches on caudal fin between the 2nd and 4th rays counted from above and below respectively. Body narrow, its depth less than 1/2 of SL. Pectoral fin long, upper rays elongated into filaments, its length longer than head length. More scales in lateral line and more pectoral fin rays than in E. grandisquama. |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Found in northern (Tung-hsiao) Taiwan (Ref. 43515); Penghu Islands (Ref. 55073); and Kaohsiung (Chie-din and Ke-tzu-Liao) (Ref. 126076). Also Ref. 47843. |
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