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Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)
Etymology: Micropercops: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, perke = perch + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877) was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, but was sent to London (1852) to be educated. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: China, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Republic of Korea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 112059)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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