Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: New Guinean pelican flounder
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Chascanopsetta novaeguineae, New Ireland Prov., off New Hanover I. located at northern part of the Bismarck Archipelago (Ref. 119609).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tongboonkua, P., M.-Y. Lee and W.-J. Chen, 2018
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Chascanopsetta: Greek, chaskanon, -ou = a mask used in classicla Greek theatre with the mouth opened + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335); novaeguineae: Named for its type locality, Papua New Guinea, where it is likely endemic..

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 273 - 505 m (Ref. 119609). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119609)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species is distinguished by the following characters: gill rakers of the first gill arch 14-18; pseudobranch filaments 21-25; ratio of HL to UJOL 1.36-1.48 and to UJBL 1.39-1.51; ratio of HL to LJOL 1.04-1.11 and to LJBL 1.04-1.10; posterior flap of anterior-nostril on blind side does not extend to base of posterior nostril; anterior part of ocular side of body with small yellow blotches (Ref. 119609).

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Tongboonkua, P., M.-Y. Lee and W.-J. Chen, 2018. A new species of sinistral flatfish of the genus Chascanopsetta (Teleostei: Bothidae) from off Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4476(1):168-181. (Ref. 119609)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 11 November 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Chascanopsetta novaeguineae Tongboonkua, Lee & Chen, 2018