Olive wide-eyed flounder (Engyprosopon maldivensis) fish species and information / pictures of Olive wide-eyed flounder - Engyprosopon maldivensis

Olive wide-eyed flounder (Engyprosopon maldivensis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Engyprosopon maldivensis

Common Name
Olive wide-eyed flounder

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79-83; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 60 - 64. Caudal fin without a pair of jet-black blotches. Mouth rather large, maxillary extending below middle of lower eye. Pectoral rays elongated into filaments, greatly longer than head length.

Classification

Classified By

Regan, 1908

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Lefteye flounders (Bothidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Philippines, Borneo, northern and northwestern Australia, Coral Sea, Taiwan, and southern Japan.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

30 m

Depth To - meters

215 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 30 - 215 m (Ref. 9558), usually 30 - 75 m (Ref. 9558)

Trophic Level

3.45 s.e. 0.38 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

12.7 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

  Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

  Not Evaluated