Malta country information

Common names: Ingwata ta' l-iskwami, Lingwata, Lingwata ta' l-iskwami
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mt.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lanfranco, G.G., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Feuille, Solleta, Atlantic spotted flounder, ... more

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

> Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Citharidae (Citharids)
Etymology: Citharus: Latin, cithara = lire like instrument (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad ? - 300 m (Ref. 2683). Subtropical; - 23°S

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Eastern Atlantic: off northwestern Africa south to 23°S; also in the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 12.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 107756); common length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397)

Adults inhabit soft bottoms from the coastline to about 300 m depth, but rarely caught at depths greater than 200 m (Ref. 9537). They feed on small fish and crustaceans (Ref. 231).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Amaoka, Kunio | Colaboradores

Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Citharidae. p. 1025. 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. 6500)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.8 - 19.5, mean 15.2 (based on 256 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00469 - 0.00740), b=3.07 (3.00 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.65 se; based on food items.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (K=0.26-0.30).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low vulnerability (7 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758)