Largescale flounder (Engyprosopon grandisquama)

Scientific name: Engyprosopon grandisquama Temminck & Schlegel, 1846

Largescale flounder (Engyprosopon grandisquama)

The Largescale flounder (Engyprosopon grandisquama) is a marine fish of the family Bothidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, East Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79-87; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 59 - 65. A pair of jet-black blotches on caudal fin placed between 3rd and 4th rays counted from above and below respectively. Body deep, its depth more than 1/2 of SL. Pectoral fin short, equal to or less than head length. In male, body on blind side stained with dark-gray.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Engyprosopon grandisquama
Family
Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.0
Common length
10.0
Depth range
7–200 m (23–656 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 7 - 200 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Australian Archipelago and New Caledonia, north to southern Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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