TaiBNET

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Pleuronectiformes
Family Poecilopsettidae
Genus Poecilopsetta
Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)

Provider:

Chen, Jeng-Ping

Synonyms：

Alaeops plinthus

Citation:

臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);

中國動物誌-鰈形目(李&王, 1995);

The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)

Character:

Dorsal-fin rays 62-65; anal-fin rays 53-56; pectoral-fin rays 8-10. Lateral line undeveloped. Dorsal and anal fins each with a row of black spots. Caudal with a pair of black spots at middle of upper and lower margins. Right pectoral with branched rays but no black spot; a pair of conspicuous blackspots at middle of upper and lower margins of caudal; posterior half of body with an upper and a lower dark spots. Upper-jaw length 3.4 to 3.9 times in head length.

Habitat:

Known from depths of 60 to 400 m on sand-mud bottoms. Feeds on small bottom- living animals.

Distribution:

Northwest Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, and China near Hainan. Reported from the Philippines. Taiwan: South, North-East, West.

Utility:

Commercial fishery species.

Name Code:

382762

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine