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Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Bothidae (Lefteye flounders)
Eponymy: Dr James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) was a South African chemist and ichthyologist most famous for identifying a stuffed fish as a coelacanth, then thought to have been extinct for millions of years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Nielsen.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 124 - 230 m (Ref. 10877). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from 3 specimens from off Durban, South Africa and Kenya. Generic placement questionable, but possibly closely related to Tosarhombus octoculatus from Japan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4417)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79 - 89; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 59 - 68. Eyed side brownish, pectoral fin with 10-12 rays; pectoral on blind side with 9-10 rays (Ref. 4417).

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Amaoka, K. and J. Rivaton, 1991. Pisces Pleuronectiformes: A review of the genus Tosarhombus (Bothidae) with descriptions of two new species from Saya de Malha Bank (Indian Ocean) and the Chesterfield Islands (Coral Sea). p. 449-466. In A. Crosnier (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 8. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., (A), 151:449-466. (Ref. 10877)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.8 - 19, mean 17.9 °C (based on 13 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00408 - 0.02036), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Tosarhombus smithi (Nielsen, 1964)