Diagnostic Description
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Spines of 1st dorsal fins in males usually filamentous, may reach seventh or eight ray of 2nd dorsal fin; scale count in lateral series 46-51, usually 48-50; scales in predorsal midline almost always naked; opercle may or may not be scaled; cheek almost always naked; breast always scales.
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- Christine Marie V. Casal
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).
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- Christine Marie V. Casal
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12
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- Christine Marie V. Casal
Trophic Strategy
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Reported from fresh and brackish water streams over sand and mud (Ref. 34009).
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- Christine Marie V. Casal