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Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Etymology: Kamoharaia: Because of T. Kamoharai, Japanese contemporary ichthyologist.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal. Deep-water
Western Pacific: southern Japan and Taiwan to the Indo-Australian Archipelago (including western Australia).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3131)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 109 - 112; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 84 - 86. Mouth extremely large, maxillary strongly protruding beyond the tip of the snout anteriorly, and extending far beyond lower eye posteriorly. Upper jaw with 3 to 4 pairs of larger teeth anteriorly, and lower jaw with 3 pairs of curved strong canines anteriorly. Pectoral fin dark.
Inhabits sand and mud bottoms at depths of about 800 m (Ref. 9824). Rarely caught with bottom trawls (Ref. 9824).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Sainsbury, K.J., P.J. Kailola and G.G. Leyland, 1985. Continental shelf fishes of the northern and north-western Australia. An illustrated guide. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research; Clouston & Hall and Peter Pownall Fisheries Information Service, Canberra, Australia. 375 p. (Ref. 3131)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.6 - 6.2, mean 3.9 °C (based on 979 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [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): 3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).