Long-snout tonguefish
📖 Overview
Occurs on continental shelf, collected on muddy substrata or a mixture of mud and sand. Caught by bottom trawls .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 81 - 88; Anal soft rays: 68 - 74; Vertebrae: 45 - 48. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: ID pattern1-2-2-2-2; caudal-fin rays 12; vertebrae, abdominal 9 and total 45-48; hypurals 4; D 81-88; A 68-74; ongitudinal scale rows 56-66; transverse scales 21-26; scale rows on the head posterior to the lower orbit 11-14; with a well-developed fleshy ridge on the posterior ocular side lower jaw; upper and lower eyes covered with a membrane; a membranous flap contiguous from anterior nostril to anteroventral margin of lower eye; upper head lobe wider than the lower head lobe; differs friom S. microrhynchus and S. holothuriae, by having a shorter head and postorbital lengths, longer snout and predorsal lengths, a different snout shape, and with the anterior margin of the upper eye equal to, or slightly in advance of, that of the lower eye. Colouraton: ocular-side uniformly yellow to light brown; blind-side uniformly white without pepper dots; distinct dermal spots on both sides of the bases of the dorsal and anal fins; peritoneum bluish black on its dorsalmost aspect .Cross section: flattened.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Long-snout tonguefish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 100 m , usually 60 - 90 m . Subtropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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