Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
						पारिस्थितिकी					
				
				
				
					समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त;  गहराई सीमा ? - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 36°N -   35°S, 20°E -   168°E				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Indo-West Pacific:  East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Red Sea, Arabian Peninsula, Persian Gulf to India and Andaman Islands; and southeast Asia.  Reaches south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northern Australia (Ref. 3131).
				
				 
			
			
				
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					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 30.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4327)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 11 - 12; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 9 - 11; गुदा कांटा: 3; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 7 - 9. Body oval, compressed, robust.  Lower opercular spine extending well beyond the opercular flap.  Post-temporal bone exposed posteriorly and serrate.  Color is dusky green above, white below; body, head and fins with an iridescent sheen.  Four longitudinal brown stripes extend on the upper side from the head.  A large prominent black blotch is on the distal end of the spinous portion of the dorsal fin.  Similar brown stripes run across the caudal fin.  (from Ref. 3131).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Adults inhabit coastal waters (Ref. 5213).  Often found in brackish waters (Ref. 4833).  Juveniles with floating weeds, often far offshore (Ref. 48635).  Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).  Marketed fresh (Ref. 5284).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा				
				
				
				
				Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 
123201): 24.9 - 29.3, mean 28.5 °C (based on 3179 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00680 - 0.01852), b=3.04 (2.90 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body  (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  3.7   ±0.46 se; based on food items.					
						 Generation time: 1.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
 growth studies.					
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (K=0.6-0.8).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 67 [41, 112] mg/100g; Iron = 0.668 [0.427, 1.005] mg/100g; Protein = 19.6 [18.6, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.14 [0.09, 0.21] g/100g; Selenium = 22 [13, 39] μg/100g; VitaminA = 71 [25, 205] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.54 [1.12, 2.09] mg/100g (wet weight);