Intermediate flounder
📖 Overview
Inhabits sand and mud bottoms. Active during the day . Feeds on bottom-living animals. Also caught by divers.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 77 - 84; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 55 - 62. Distinguished from all other Micronesian genera by having a nearly continuous bony ridge extending from the anterior margin of the lower eye to the posterior margin of the upper eye, and a narrow interorbital space, always greater than the greatest eye diameter. : short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Intermediate flounder is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 96 m . Tropical; 16°N - 24°S north to southern Japan, south to the Indo-Australian Archipelago.
🌿 Ecology
bottom-living animals
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blotched Flounder · Intermediate flounder · Large-scale Flounder · Rug-body Flounder |
| 🇩🇪German | Korallen-Butt |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Seitembirame · セイテンビラメ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Linguado-indo-malaio |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Индоокеанский астероромб |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 中間角鮃 · 半邊魚 · 扁魚 · 比目魚 · 皇帝魚 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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