Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 69; Anal soft rays: 47. Body deep (ca 50% SL). Snout extended into a hook-like process projecting downwards in front of small, oblique mouth. Scales very small, rather firmly attached; ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid anteriorly on blind side, ctenoid posteriorly. Pelvic fin rays on right side 7, left 5-6. Caudal fin rays 14 (Ref. 33839).

Common Names

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Shortfin flounder , English , Australia

短鰭前鰈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

短鳍前鲽 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Rhombosoleidae

Genus: Ammotretis

Species: Ammotretis brevipinnis Norman, 1926

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: southwestern Australia.

Biology

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Small bottom dwellers that either pass under or through most commercial trawls. Biology poorly known (Ref. 33839).

Habitat

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demersal