Citharus linguatula
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Citharidae (Largescale Flounders)
Citharus
Citharus linguatula
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal.
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: off northwestern Africa south to 23°S; also in the Mediterranean.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal.
Biology
Adults inhabit soft bottoms from the coastline to about 300 m depth, but rarely caught at depths greater than 200 m (Ref. 9537). They feed on small fish and crustaceans (Ref. 231).
Max length: 39.7 cm TL; common length: 15.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2014-05-20. Resilience: Medium (K=0.26-0.30; tm=2;).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
Schneider, W. (1990) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p.
Neveu, A. (1980) Relations entre le benthos, la dérive, le rythme alimentaire et le taux de consommation de truites communes (S. trutta L.) en canal expérimental. Hydrobiologia 76:217-228.
Nielsen, J.G. (1990) Citharidae. p. 1025. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
Nielsen, J.G. (1981) Citharidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Vol. 2, FAO, Rome.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
Moutopoulos, D.K., A. Ramfos, A. Mouka and G. Katselis (2013) Length-weight relations of 34 fish species caught by small-scale fishery in Korinthiakos Gulf (Central Greece). Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 43(1):57-64. DOI: 10.3750/AIP2013.43.1.08
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