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Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)

Tile-colored righteye flounder
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Philippines country information

Common names: Dapa, Pad-pad, Palad
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Fourmanoir (1981) reported two specimens (9.6 and 9.9 cm) caught between 185 and 200 m (Ref. 9494) during the Vauban expedition (Ref. 280). Type locality: Balayan Bay and Verde I. Passage, in 118 fathoms (216 m), Stn. D. 5117, 'Albatross' collections: USNM 93094 (Holotype of Poecilopsetta megalepis, 12.8 cm) (Ref. 311). Balabac Strait: Cape Melville, 148 fathoms (271 m), USNM 93576 (Ref. 11790). Also Ref. 9494, 41434.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Poecilopsettidae (Bigeye flounders)
Etymology: Poecilopsetta: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Jordan & Starks.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 60 - 400 m (Ref. 9792).   Deep-water

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Northwest Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, and China near Hainan. Reported from the Philippines (Ref. 11148) and South Korea (Ref. 77001).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9792)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Upper-jaw length 3.4 to 3.9 times in head length (Ref 12933).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand-mud bottoms. Very rare. Feeds on small benthic animals (Ref. 9792).

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Hensley, D.A., 1997. Pleuronectidae. Righteye flounders. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Western Central Pacific. (Ref. 9792)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 November 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.1 - 24.6, mean 19.1 (based on 277 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).