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Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) >
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Engyprosopon: Greek, eggys = nearly + Greek,prosopon = a face (Ref. 45335); kushimotoense: Named for its type locality, Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75209)
Short description
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This species is distinguished from its congeners in having uniserial teeth on the upper jaw; less number of serrated gill rakers (0+7); extremely narrow interorbital width (7.76 in HL); a long pectoral fin on the blind side (1.81 HL) (Ref. 75209).
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Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Amaoka, K., T. Kaga and H. Misaki, 2008. A new sinistral flounder, Engyprosopon kushimotoensis, from Kushimoto, Kii Peninsula (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Suppl. 2:107-113. (Ref. 75209)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 13.8 - 22.4, mean 18.3 (based on 46 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00408 - 0.02036), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).