Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 79 - 90; Anal soft rays: 51 - 59. Body deep (46-57% SL). Snout extended into a hook-like process projecting downwards in front of small, oblique mouth. Scales ctenoid, very small, rather firmly attached on both sides. Pelvic fin rays on right side 12, left 5. Caudal fin rays 14 (Ref. 33839).

Common Names

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Large-scaled flounder , English , Australia

Largescale flounder , English , Australia

大鱗前鰈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大鳞前鲽 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Rhombosoleidae

Genus: Ammotretis

Species: Ammotretis macrolepis McCulloch, 1914

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: east coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, to the eastern reaches of the Great Australian Bight (Australia).

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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demersal