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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Eponymy: Dr James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) was a South African chemist and ichthyologist most famous for identifying a stuffed fish as a coelacanth, then thought to have been extinct for millions of years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 124 - 230 m (Ref. 10877). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: known only from 3 specimens from off Durban, South Africa and Kenya. Generic placement questionable, but possibly closely related to Tosarhombus octoculatus from Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4417)
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Amaoka, K. and J. Rivaton, 1991. Pisces Pleuronectiformes: A review of the genus Tosarhombus (Bothidae) with descriptions of two new species from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean) and the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). p. 449-466. In A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 8. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., (A), 151:449-466. (Ref. 10877)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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