Shelf flounder (Etropus cyclosquamus)

Scientific name: Etropus cyclosquamus Leslie & Stewart, 1986

Shelf flounder (Etropus cyclosquamus)

The Shelf flounder (Etropus cyclosquamus) is a marine fish of the family Paralichthyidae.

Biology

Dorsal soft rays (total): 70-82; Anal soft rays: 54 - 64

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Etropus cyclosquamus
Family
Paralichthyidae (Large-tooth flounders)
Order
Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.0
Depth range
31 m (102 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 31 - 31 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to about Palm Beach on east coast of Florida and in Gulf of Mexico from Fort Myers, Florida, to Mississippi; apparently rare or absent in southern Florida.
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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