Mottled sole (Aseraggodes melanostictus)

Scientific name: Aseraggodes melanostictus Peters, 1877

Mottled sole (Aseraggodes melanostictus)

The Mottled sole (Aseraggodes melanostictus) is a marine fish of the family Soleidae. Native range: Pacific Ocean, Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Society Islands.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 74-75; Anal soft rays: 53 - 54; Vertebrae: 38. Diagnosis: Dorsal rays 74-75. unbranched; anal rays 53-54. unbranched; caudal rays 18 (uppermost and lowermost 2 rays simple. Middle 12 double-branched); pelvic rays 5, unbranched. Lateral-line scales on ocular side 78-79. including 9 anterior to a vertical at upper end of gill opening. Scales of ocular side of body with 12-16 cteni; scales anteriorly on head progressively shorter. With fewer cteni, modified to small flattened papillae, each with a small flat brown cirrus in zone anteriorly on snout; no broad lappet-like cirri at front of snout or on ventral edge of head, instead cylindrical cirri of variable size, the longest less than pupil diameter; well-spaced slender cirri on opercular edge of gill opening on both sides. Vertebrae 38; dorsal pterygiophores anterior to fourth neural spine 11-13. Body depth 2.3-2.35 in SL; head length (HL) 4.35-4.5 in SL. Snout sligh

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Aseraggodes melanostictus
Family
Soleidae (Soles)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.0
Depth range
1–73 m (3–240 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 73 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Society Islands.
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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