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Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787)

Doublelined tonguesole
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India country information

Common names: Arabu, Doublelined tongue-sole, Fingerlip tonguesole
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Godavari estuary (Ref. 51036). Also Ref. 3391, 45255.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > 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 Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 1 - 25 m (Ref. 30573).   Tropical; 33°N - 32°S, 30°E - 154°E

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

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and east coast of Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to New Guinea and northeastern Australia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 94837); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30573)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 99-115; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 72 - 89; Vértebra: 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).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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 Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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)


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