Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 91; Anal soft rays: 69. Body with no conspicuous spots on dorsal and anal fins. Head length, 4.28 in SL. Maxillary extends slightly beyond the anterior margin of the lower eye; 2.64 in HL. Long, slender, non-serrated gill-rakers on first arch. Prevomer tip not projecting into the mouth cavity. Deciduous scales; ctenoid on ocular side; cycloid on blind side.

Common Names

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Drab flounder , English , Oman

Drab flounder , English , Global

扁鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皇帝鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

長鰭羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , China

長鰭羊舌鮃 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

长鳍羊舌鲆 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Bothidae

Genus: Arnoglossus

Species: Arnoglossus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1865)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to Sumatra (Indonesia) and China.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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demersal