Diagnostic Description
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Brownish, mottled or with prominent dark bars crossing lower half of side and venter of trunk; bars absent or obscured by dark ground color in some adults; dorsal rays without rows of distinct brown spots (Ref. 4281).
Life Cycle
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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).
Migration
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Amphidromous. Refers to fishes that regularly migrate between freshwater and the sea (in both directions), but not for the purpose of breeding, as in anadromous and catadromous species. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.Characteristic elements in amphidromy are: reproduction in fresh water, passage to sea by newly hatched larvae, a period of feeding and growing at sea usually a few months long, return to fresh water of well-grown juveniles, a further period of feeding and growing in fresh water, followed by reproduction there (Ref. 82692).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 2530
Trophic Strategy
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Found in inshore waters (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes
Biology
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Adults occur in shallow coastal and estuarine waters, sometimes among mangroves. Also found regularly in freshwater in the lower reaches of rivers (Ref. 4967, 44894) and tidal creeks (Ref. 44894). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Males maybe brooding at about 9.8 SL.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest
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- Estelita Emily Capuli