Life Cycle
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Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11
Biology
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Adults inhabit cobble and gravel bottom streams and deep pools below rapids and waterfalls (Ref. 2847). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).
Comprehensive Description
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Therapon habbemai Weber, 1910
USNM 217192, Fly 75–3, 1: 9.0 mm.
USNM 217193, Fly 75–4, 1: 306 mm.
USNM 217194, Fly 75–8, 7: 27.7–123 mm.
USNM 217195, Fly 75–10, 7: 80.1–171 mm.
USNM 216422, Fly 75–11, 1: 110 mm.
USNM 216421, Fly 75–13, 1: 123 mm.
USNM 217196, Fly 75–13, 2: 205–296 mm.
USNM 216420, Fly 75–14, 3: 17.4–55.2 mm.
USNM 217197, Fly 75–14, 2: 11.7–29.1 mm.
- bibliographic citation
- Roberts, Tyson R. 1978. "An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-72. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.281
