Cockatoo righteye flounder (Samaris cristatus) fish species and information / pictures of Cockatoo righteye flounder - Samaris cristatus

Cockatoo righteye flounder (Samaris cristatus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Samaris cristatus

Common Name
Cockatoo righteye flounder

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 73-78; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 49 - 60. Body on ocular side brownish with darker spots and blotches; a series of blotches along dorsal and ventral body margins; elongated anterior dorsal-fin rays white, remainder of dorsal fin, anal fin, and caudal fin brown; pectoral fin dark. Blind side of body whitish. First 12-15 (rarely 10-11) dorsal- fin rays greatly elongated. Pectoral fin on blind side absent or rudimentary. Pelvic fin on eyed side elongated. Caudal fin with 16 unbranched rays and rounded margin.

Classification

Classified By

Gray, 1831

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Crested flounders (Samaridae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa to New Caledonia, north to Japan and south to Australia.

Range

35°N - 31°S, 32°E - 168°E

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

20 m

Depth To - meters

114 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 20 - 114 m (Ref. 11790)

Trophic Level

3.5 s.e. 0.37 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

22.0 cm

Common Length

16.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (11 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated