Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 1140 m (Ref. 2683). Subtropical; 45°N - 17°S, 32°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean, Azores, North Spain to Angola, St. Helena and Ascension Is.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128593); max. published weight: 16.77 g (Ref. 128593)
Occurs on mud or sand bottoms of the continental slope and shelf (Ref. 2683).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Desoutter, M., 1990. Cynoglossidae. p. 1050-1054. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6511)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11 - 15, mean 13.9 °C (based on 172 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00324 - 0.00708), b=3.24 (3.12 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±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 (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 175 [82, 422] mg/100g; Iron = 1.46 [0.67, 2.80] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [16.3, 20.7] %; Omega3 = 0.412 [0.177, 0.909] g/100g; Selenium = 38.3 [17.1, 81.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.4 [5.0, 59.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.983 [0.644, 1.488] mg/100g (wet weight);
