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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Arnoglossus: Greek, aros, -oy = lamb + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 300 m (Ref. 5979). Subtropical; 43°N - 6°N, 26°W - 42°E
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 12 - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4704); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. reported age: 10 years (Ref. 32766)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 81-91;
Anal
soft rays: 61 - 69. Second ray of dorsal fin very long, with a conspicuous dark, fringed broad membrane. First 3 or 4 dorsal fin rays generally blackish in adults but only the elongate second ray is dark in immature fishes.
Eastern Atlantic: Ireland (Ref. 4704) to Sierra Leone and Cape Verde. Also known from the western Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Found on the upper 100 m of the continental shelf. Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 4704). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 52678 but has been caught in depths inferior to 10m (Ref. 57407).
Aldebert, Y., M. Desoutter and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Bothidae. p. 1027-1036. 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.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00719 (-0.09225 - 0.10663), b=3.11 (3.05 - 3.18), based on LWR estimates for species & genus-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; Based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref.
69278): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.51-0.58; tm=2; tmax=10).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100) .