Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Found on sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 30573).
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Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz 1997 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO, Rome. 293 p. (Ref. 13710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13710&speccode=12023
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Distribution
Distribution
Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Western Indian Ocean.
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Carpenter, K.E., F. Krupp, D.A. Jones and U. Zajonz 1997 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Living marine resources of Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. FAO, Rome. 293 p. (Ref. 13710)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13710&speccode=12023
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Physical Description
Size
Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7.5 - 7.5
Temperature range (°C): 27.917 - 27.917
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.279 - 0.279
Salinity (PPS): 35.691 - 35.691
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.513 - 4.513
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.392 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 4.834 - 4.834
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7.5 - 7.5
Temperature range (°C): 27.917 - 27.917
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.279 - 0.279
Salinity (PPS): 35.691 - 35.691
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.513 - 4.513
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.392 - 0.392
Silicate (umol/l): 4.834 - 4.834
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Depth: 30 - 94m.
From 30 to 94 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
From 30 to 94 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
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Environment
demersal; marine; depth range 30 - 94 m (Ref. 30573), usually 45 - 94 m (Ref. 11441)
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Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Somalia. FAO, Rome. 376 p. (Ref. 30573)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=30573&speccode=17471
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Randall, J.E. 1995 Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p. (Ref. 11441)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=11441&speccode=4740
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Trophic Strategy
Found on sand or mud bottoms (Ref. 30573). Feed mainly on benthic crabs, penaeid prawns and fishes (Ref. 74928). Smaller length groups (16.5 cm) feed on crustaceans such as benthic crabs and shrimps (Ref. 74928).
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Abdurahiman, K.P., P.U. Zacharia, T.H. Nayak and K.S. Mohamed 2007 Trophodynamics of the spotfin flathead Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel 1840) from the Southeast Arabian Sea. Asian Fisheries Science 20:125-143. (Ref. 74928)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=74928&speccode=28128
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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