Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 100 - 108; Anal soft rays: 78 - 83. Body without a large dark spot posteriorly on the base both the dorsal and anal fins (Ref 42535).

Common Names

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Long lefteye flounder , English , Australia

Long lefteye flounder , English , Global

Slender flounder , English , Indonesia

長體羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

长体羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dapang bilog , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Arnoglossus

Species: Arnoglossus elongatus Weber, 1913

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, northwest Australia, and possibly Taiwan.

Biology

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Inhabits coral-sand bottoms (Ref. 9824, 48637) and algae-reef substrates in coastal bays to deep offshore (Ref. 48637). Feeds on benthic animals (Ref. 9824).

Habitat

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demersal