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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Chascanopsetta: Greek, chaskanon, -ou = a mask used in classicla Greek theatre with the mouth opened + Greek, psetta = grouper (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Alcock.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 60 - 3210 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 40°N - 32°S, 90°W - 168°E
Circumglobal: tropical; from the Western Atlantic to Western Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 111-127;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 76 - 88. Body flexible. Mouth extremely large, maxillary not projecting beyond tip of snout. No canine tooth. Tip of lower jaw slightly beyond the upper; upper jaw shorter than head length.
Inhabits the deeper continental shelf to depths of almost 1,000 m (Ref. 27121). Found on sand, mud and clay bottoms (Ref. 4417). Feeds on larger benthic animals (Ref. 30573). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 30573.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hensley, D.A., 1986. Bothidae. p. 854-863. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4417)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.6 - 10.5, mean 5.7 °C (based on 1475 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00271 - 0.00969), b=3.06 (2.90 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27.4 [10.9, 47.2] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.371 [0.153, 0.775] mg/100g ; Protein = 16.8 [15.4, 18.3] % ; Omega3 = 0.253 [0.115, 0.519] g/100g ; Selenium = 24.4 [10.0, 65.4] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 8.06 [1.42, 44.10] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.356 [0.228, 0.550] mg/100g (wet weight);