Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal to Borneo and Java, and north to Viet Nam.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9772); common length : 8.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9772)
Short description
Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale): 10 - 12; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 28-31; Spine anali 2; Raggi anali molli: 6 - 8. Eye large, about 30 % of head length; mental pores in 3 pairs, the first open at front of chin, separated by symphysis; teeth well differentiated into large and small in both jaws. Gill rakers slender, equal to or slightly shorter than gill filaments at angle of arch, 14 to 17 on lower limb. Second anal spine long , stiff, 40 to 50 % of head length. Swim bladder hammer-shaped, with about 13 pairs of arborescent appendages along its sides, the first entering head beyond transverse septum and sending a palmate branch to the front of pectoral arch. Sagitta (large earstone) with a tadpole-shaped impression, the head of which has its long axis lying obliquely to that of sagitta and the tail expanded and deepened as a hallow cone connected with the head by a narrow groove.
Inhabits shallow coastal waters, estuaries and rivers (Ref. 9772).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Sasaki, K., 2001. Sciaenidae. Croakers (drums). p.3117-3174. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). Rome, FAO. pp. 2791-3380. (Ref. 9772)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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