Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin; saumâtre démersal; amphidrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 1 - 40 m. Tropical
Indian Ocean: known only from Pakistan, India, and Thailand.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 122105); common length : 8.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3424)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 16; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 14. This species is distinguished by having the following set of characters: fully scaled breast; naked cheek; anteroventral profile of lower jaw is almost straight; a distinct, jet-black blotch distally on the spinous dorsal fin (Ref. 74926).
Found on shallow waters near the bottom. Young enter brackish waters (Ref. 4833). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans, foraminiferans and nematodes. Sold fresh and dried salted in markets, also used for fishmeal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Kimura, S., R. Kimura and K. Ikejima, 2008. Revision of the genus Nuchequula with descriptions of three new species (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyol. Res. 55:22-42. (Ref. 74926)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.2 - 29.1, mean 28.5 °C (based on 844 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00681 - 0.02028), b=3.08 (2.93 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.29 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=1.18).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).