Shortfin flounder
📖 Overview
Small bottom dwellers that either pass under or through most commercial trawls. Biology poorly known .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 69; Anal soft rays: 47. Body deep (ca 50% SL). Snout extended into a hook-like process projecting downwards in front of small, oblique mouth. Scales very small, rather firmly attached; ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid anteriorly on blind side, ctenoid posteriorly. Pelvic fin rays on right side 7, left 5-6. Caudal fin rays 14 .: short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Shortfin flounder is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Temperate Indian Ocean: southwestern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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