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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Pleuronectidae (Righteye flounders) > Pleuronichthyinae
Etymology: Pleuronichthys: Greek, pleura = side, ribe Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 170 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: southern Hokkaido to the Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Gulf of Po-Hai and East and South China seas.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 56557)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 72-88; Anal soft rays: 52 - 65. This species is distinct in having the following characters: brown body with small, dark, irregular spots densely distributed on ocular side; small scales, imbricated, elongate, and not deciduous; supratemporal lateral line usually with no antrorse branch; body depth 48.7-63.3% SL (mean 54.5% SL); dorsal-fin soft rays 72-88 (mode 77, mean 78.4); anal-fin soft rays 52-65 (mode 58, mean 58.3); abdominal vertebrae 12-14 (mode, 13), caudal vertebrae 22-26 (mode 24) (Ref. 84246).

Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal areas (Ref. 9137, 11230).

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Cooper, J.A. and F. Chapleau, 1998. Monophyly and intrarelationships of the family Pleuronectidae (Pleuronectiformes), with a revised classification. Fish. Bull. 96(4):686-726. (Ref. 30193)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.9 - 25.2, mean 20.7 °C (based on 278 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.01033 - 0.02117), b=3.00 (2.90 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)