Biology:Tufted sole
| Tufted sole | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Soleidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Dexillus Chabanaud, 1930 |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">D. muelleri |
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| Dexillus muelleri (Steindachner, 1879)
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The tufted sole (Dexillus muelleri) is a species of flatfish from the family of true soles Soleidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Dexillus. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
The tufted sole is found over seabeds which consist of sand, mud, gravel, and sea grass bottoms on the inner continental shelf, they are frequently recorded as coming into bays and the mouths of estuaries. They feed on a variety of benthic invertebrates and the maximum recorded standard length for this species is 221mm.[1]
This species has been recorded from India and Sri Lanka, east through the Malay Archipelago and northern Australia to Tonga, Fiji and American Samoa.[1] Its northern limit is the Philippines.[2] It is of minor commercial importance.[1]
Two other species, Brachirus macrolepis and Synaptura megalepidoura, which have both been placed by some authors in the genus Brachirus, alongside Dexillus muelleri, are also placed in the genus Dexillus by some authorities.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Munroe, T. (2016). "Dexillus muelleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T69780520A69782117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69780520A69782117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/69780520/69782117. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Dexillus muelleri" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ↑ Krystal-Lynn Lapierre (2007). "Taxonomic revision of the genera Achiroides, Brachirus, Dexillus, and Paradicula (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae)". University of Ottawa. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/27873.
Wikidata ☰ Q28745953 entry
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