Hureau's flounder (Engyprosopon hureaui)

Scientific name: Engyprosopon hureaui Qu?ro & Golani, 1990

Hureau's flounder (Engyprosopon hureaui)

The Hureau's flounder (Engyprosopon hureaui) is a marine fish of the family Bothidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and Maldives to the Coral Sea.

Biology

Head and body uniformly coloured, scarcely with spots and rings. Eyes without flaps. Lower-jaw length on eyed side 9.3 to 13% SL. Maximum SL about 5 cm (Ref 42535).

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Engyprosopon hureaui
Family
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
5.0
Depth range
1–81 m (3–266 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 81 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Maldives to the Coral Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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