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Common names: Língua de mão negra
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga, 1990
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Beira, Delagoa Bay; south shore of estuary from mouth to opposite port area of Lourenco Marques, Espirito Santo; near Costa del Sol between the landing and West side of Delagoa Bay and about 7 miles NE of Lourenco Marques (Ref. 56201). Ranges from Maputo southward (Ref. 3200). Juveniles collected over coarse sand substrate in the estuarine lagoon of the Micelo River (Zambezi) (Ref. 39494). Also Ref. 5213, 12484.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vachon, J., M. Desoutter and F. Chapleau, 2005
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Common names from other countries

Blackhand sole, Língua de mão negra, Swarthand-tongvis, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Solea: Latin, solea = sandal (shoe); refered to the flat shape of the fish (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 60 m (Ref. 3200). Subtropical

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Western Indian Ocean: South and East Africa, from about Cape Town, South Africa to Tanzania.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3200)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 61-71; Anal soft rays: 47 - 55. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: dorsal fin rays 61-71; anal fin rays 47-55 ; lateral line scales 88-116; caudal vertebrae 25-28; snout, rounded; scale width half its length, ctenii about one fourth of scale length; a small transparent membrane join base of dorsal and anal fins to base of caudal fin (Ref. 56201).

Usually found in estuaries. Juveniles are abundant on shallow sand banks (Ref. 3200).

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Vachon, J., M. Desoutter and F. Chapleau, 2005. Solea bleekeri Boulenger, 1898, a junior synonym of Pegusa nasuta (Pallas, 1814), with the recognition and redescription of Solea turbynei Gilchrist, 1904 (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae). Cybium 29(4):315-319. (Ref. 56201)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 27.9, mean 26.9 (based on 82 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00634 - 0.01577), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.47 se; based on food items.

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).

Solea turbynei Gilchrist, 1904