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Samaridae (Crested flounders)
Eponymy: Martine Desoutter-Méniger has spent her entire career at Museum National d’Histoire Nationale, Paris, where she studied the collections and made a special study of Acanthomorphs. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 310 - 350 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34797)
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Quéro, J.-C., D.A. Hensley and A.L. Maugé, 1989. Pleuronectidae de l'Île de la Réunion et de Madagascar. II. Genres Samaris et Samariscus. Cybium 13(2):105-114. (Ref. 34797)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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