Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 1 - 40 m (Ref. 3424). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: coasts of India and Sri Lanka to China; south to Australia.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 18.1 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.2 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 46605); common length : 11.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3424)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 14. Body silvery; live or fresh specimens with a golden gleam. Head naked; with nuchal spine. Protracted mouth pointing downward. Scales minute. 2nd dorsal spine less than 1/3 of body depth.
Lives in shallow waters down to depths of about 40 m, predominantly near the bottom, found in schools. Feeds mainly on diatoms, copepods, Lucifer, nematodes and polychaetes (Ref. 3424).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Kühlmorgen-Hille, G., 1974. Leiognathidae. In W. Fischer and P.J.P. Whitehead (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Indian Ocean (fishing area 57) and Western Central Pacific (fishing area 71). Rome, FAO. Vol. II, pag. var. (Ref. 2108)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.6 - 29.2, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1182 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01175 (0.00462 - 0.02990), b=3.02 (2.80 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.33 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.90-1.75).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
