Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; salmastro demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 10 - 400 m (Ref. 11441). Tropical; 26°C - 29°C (Ref. 4959)
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 11441), off Pakistan, the west coast of India and Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and the north and east coasts of Australia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559); common length : 30.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2872); peso massimo pubblicato: 61.90 g (Ref. 124479)
Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 107-113; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 80 - 88. Eyed side brown with an irregular dark blotch on gill cover, blind side white. Blind side with 2 lateral lines (dorsal and medial). Body elongate, its depth 22 to 29% SL. Eyes with a small scaly interorbital space. Snout rounded. Rostral hook short. Corner of mouth reaching posteriorly beyond lower eye, nearer to gill opening than to tip of snout. Caudal-fin rays usually 12. Midlateral-line scales 88 to 96. Scales ctenoid on eyed side of body. Cycloid on blind side. Scale rows between lateral lines on eyed side of body 13 to 16 (Ref 9895).
Occurs in coastal areas and estuaries. May ascend upstream into the freshwater tidal zone of the Mekong (Ref. 12693). Inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms of continental shelves. Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 3391). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 3391). Marketed fresh in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693).
Menon, A.G.K., 1977. A systematic monograph of the tongue soles of the genus Cynoglossus Hamilton-Buchanan (Pisces: Cynoglossidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (238):1-129. (Ref. 5297)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 16.9 - 28, mean 23.8 °C (based on 942 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00417 (0.00262 - 0.00664), b=3.05 (2.91 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.32 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Fec = 2,223-225,557).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 118 [54, 211] mg/100g; Iron = 0.887 [0.459, 1.592] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [15.8, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.161 [0.082, 0.314] g/100g; Selenium = 81 [38, 168] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.2 [3.6, 41.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.03 [0.69, 1.51] mg/100g (wet weight);
