Rosa's Sole
📖 Overview
Overview information for Rosa's Sole is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 44 - 56; Anal soft rays: 46 - 49; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Lacks a gill opening on the eyed side; having 2 or 3 series of scales with rounded posterior margin and larger than other trunk scales along dorsal, anal and pelvic fin bases on the eyed side. Similar to Apionichthys asphyxiatus in the absence of a gill opening on the eyed side, but differs in its larger interorbital space that is 2 to 4 times the orbital diameter (vs. interorbital space half the orbital diameter).: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rosa's Sole is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Rosa's Sole is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Rosa's Sole is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: lower to upper Amazon basin.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Rosa's Sole |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Linguado |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Lenguado · Panga raya |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 1 records indexed .
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