Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 100 m (Ref. 9330). Tropical; 32°N -
Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru (04°56.5'S, 81°22.8'W).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11035); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)
Lives on muddy-sandy bottoms (Ref. 9330). Commonly caught with trawls in the Gulf of California (Ref. 9330).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Hensley, D.A., 1995. Paralichthyidae. Lenguados. p. 1349-1380. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9330)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 18.1 - 26.5, mean 20.9 °C (based on 30 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00441 - 0.01304), b=3.19 (3.04 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 157 [69, 311] mg/100g; Iron = 1.15 [0.54, 2.13] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [14.7, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.146 [0.070, 0.296] g/100g; Selenium = 59.2 [25.8, 138.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.9 [5.7, 84.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.773 [0.486, 1.173] mg/100g (wet weight);