Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin; eau douce; saumâtre démersal. Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka and the East Indies. Reported from the Marquesas (Ref. 12792).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.5 cm mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 1602)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Épines anales 0. Body elongate, more or less cylindrical, slightly compressed, with a hard tail tip; sharply conical head; large mouth, reaching well behind eyes; teeth on jaws small, sharp and recurved; vomerine teeth larger; gill-openings strongly oblique, small, beneath the throat with an extra fold of skin alongside; very low dorsal and anal fins; dorsal fin origin about 1/4 head-length behind gill-openings (Ref. 4832). Color in life yellowish dusted with brown; upper surface of head and nape consisting of double row of yellow round spots, vertex with a yellow transverse streak; lateral line pores lighter than surrounding skin (Ref. 4832).
Inhabits estuaries, and probably inshore areas (Ref. 4832).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. i-liv + 1-541, 1 map (Ref. 4832)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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