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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Samaridae (Crested flounders)
Etymology: Plagiopsetta: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335); biocellata: Name from Latin 'ocellatus’ for ocellate, and ‘bi’ for two, referring to the two ocelli in the posterior half of the body; treated as an adjective, with a feminine ending..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 122002). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Egypt.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122002)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 61; Vertebrae: 42. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 61, A 53, pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 8, caudal-fin rays 14; lateral-line scales on ocular side 74 while lateral line on blind side incomplete, with 14 scales; gill rakers on ocular side 2 + 4; vertebrae, abdominal 11 and caudal 31; a pair of large ocelli present on posterior body on ocular side; pectoral fin pale, with a distal black blotch (Ref. 122002).

A specimen was collected in the coral-reef lagoon of a fringing reef at a depth of less than 1 m (0-1 m), on coral gravel with scattered corals (Ref. 122002).

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Fricke, R., D. Golani and B. Appelbaum-Golani, 2019. Plagiopsetta biocellata, a new species of righteye flounder from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Samaridae). Ichthyol. Res. 66(2):225-229. (Ref. 122002)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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Plagiopsetta biocellata Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2018