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Arnoglossus japonicus Hubbs, 1915

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 99 - 106; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 76 - 83. Snout sharp. Maxillary extending to below or beyond middle of lower eye. No gill rakers on upper limb. Cycloid scales on ocular side. Caudal fin having 3 simple upper and lower rays. No dark blotch on pectoral and pelvic fins. Second dorsal fin ray elongated in male.

Common Names

  • Japanese lefteye flounder , English , Australia
  • Japanese lefteye flounder , English , Global
  • Nihon-darumagarei , Japanese , Japan
  • 목탁가자미 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 扁鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 日本舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 日本舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 皇帝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Cá bơn nhật , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Pleuronectiformes

    Family: Bothidae

    Genus: Arnoglossus

    Species: Arnoglossus japonicus Hubbs, 1915

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan to the South China Sea. Also recorded from northwestern Australia (Ref. 5978) and New Caledonia (Ref. 9824).

    • Biology

    Inhabits bottoms with broken coral, shell, pebbles, and gray mud. Feeds on bottom-living animals.

    Habitat

    demersal