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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Soleidae (Soles)
Etymology: Microchirus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, cheir = hand (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 30 - 300 m (Ref. 3200). Subtropical; 43°N - 4°N

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Eastern Central Atlantic: Madeira Island (Ref. 74541), Canary Islands, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone; northward to southwest of Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa (Ref. 3200).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124816); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); max. published weight: 70.00 g (Ref. 124816)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62-70; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 64 - 75; Vertebrae: 40 - 43. Greyish, median fins darker; 4 round, white-edged, black ocelli on posterior part of body; white-edged black band across peduncle; black blotch on lateral line behind tip of pectoral; faint dark spots on anterior part of body (Ref. 3200).

Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms.

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Desoutter, M., 1990. Soleidae. p. 1037-1049. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5304)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.8 - 24.9, mean 17.1 °C (based on 211 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00573 - 0.01590), b=2.95 (2.81 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 176 [62, 318] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.21 [0.50, 2.38] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.6 [16.7, 20.5] % ; Omega3 = 0.279 [0.124, 0.554] g/100g ; Selenium = 28.5 [14.1, 59.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 17.6 [5.8, 51.2] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.916 [0.585, 1.355] mg/100g (wet weight);

Microchirus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)