Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 100 - 114; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 78 - 91. Mouth rather small, contained2. to 2.6 times in head length, maxillary extending to below the anterior margin or anterior 1/3 of lower eye. Gill rakers present on upper limb. Caudal fin with 2 simple rays on upper and lower margins. In the male, several anterior dorsal rays somewhat elongated.

Common Names

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Mangeplettet tungehvarre , Danish , Denmark

Many-spotted lefteye flounder , English , Global

Short-nose flounder , English , Indonesia

Nanyôdarumagarei , Japanese , Japan

南洋羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

南洋羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

多斑羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

多斑羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

扁鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇帝鱼 , 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 polyspilus (Günther, 1880)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Bay of Bengal to southern Japan, Taiwan, New Caledonia, and several areas of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (Ref. 9824).

Biology

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Inhabits sandy substrates in coastal bays to deep offshore (Ref. 48637). Feeds on benthic animals.

Habitat

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demersal