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Lepidorhombus boscii (Risso, 1810)

Four-spot megrim
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Spain country information

Common names: Bruixa de quatre taques, Gallo, Gallo de cuatro manchas
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Galicia (Ref. 86578). Recorded from the Balearic Islands (Ref. 26178).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.), 1986
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Cardine à quatre taches, Gallo de cuatro manchas, Fourspot scaldfish, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Scophthalmidae (Turbots)
Etymology: Lepidorhombus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, rhombos = paralelogram (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Risso.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 7 - 800 m (Ref. 6501).   Temperate; 70°N - 26°N, 15°W - 36°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Northeast Atlantic: British Isles south to Cape Bojador, West Sahara and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4703); common length : 20.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 79-86; Radios blandos anales: 65 - 69. Dorsal fin origin closer to tip of snout than to anterior edge of eye. Dorsal and anal fins terminate just a little on the blind side of the caudal peduncle. Lateral line forms a distinct curve above the pectoral fin.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 6501).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). A determinate spawner (Ref. 72169).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Scophthalmidae. p. 1026. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6501)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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