Kobe flounder (Crossorhombus kobensis) fish species and information / pictures of Kobe flounder - Crossorhombus kobensis

Kobe flounder (Crossorhombus kobensis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Crossorhombus kobensis

Common Name
Kobe flounder

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79-86; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 59 - 67. Tip of isthmus below middle of lower eye. Scales on ocular side ctenoid, armed with a row of hairlike spines. Caudal fin with 3 simple rays on upper and lower margins respectively. Pectoral fin elongated into a filament, longer than head. Caudal fin without a dark band. In male, body on blind side stained with dark-blue except for head, interorbital width broader and pectoral fin longer than in female.

Classification

Classified By

Jordan & Starks, 1906

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)

Family

Lefteye flounders (Bothidae)

Distribution

Region

Northwest Pacific

Distribution

Northwest Pacific: Japan, Formosa Strait, northern part of the South China Sea. Possibly occurring in the Western Central Pacific.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

50 m

Depth To - meters

275 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 275 m (Ref. 9824)

Trophic Level

3.5 s.e. 0.37 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

12.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (24 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated