FB-10023 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Butidae Ophiocara Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) Modechel Ofiokara Platkop-slaper Palu Schlangenkopfschläfergrundel Bumblebee Flathead sleeper Mullet gudgeon Northern mud gudgeon Spangled gudgeon Spangled sleeper Tittle Bau Käärmeenpäätorkkuja Bichique Eleotris à tête poreuse Eléotris à tête poreuse Makanbale latet ron Beloso Ploso Hoshimadarahaze Payangka Buhua-ngu บู่หัวงู Cabot des Seychelles Cabot marare Eléotris à tête poreuse Makanbale latet ron Matapolo Paku 头孔塘鳢 頭孔塘鱧 Agonostoma darwiniense (non Macleay, 1878) Eleotris limosus Smith, 1936 Eleotris litoralis Day, 1876 Eleotris madagascariensis Valenciennes, 1837 Eleotris porocephala Valenciennes, 1837 Eleotris porocephaloides Bleeker, 1854 Eleotris porocephalus Valenciennes, 1837 Eleotris scintillans Blyth, 1860 Ophiocara aporos (non Bleeker, 1854) Ophiocara darwiniensis (non Macleay, 1878) Ophiocara limosus (Smith, 1936) Ophiocara porocaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) Ophiocara porocephala darwiniense (non Macleay, 1878) Ophiocara procaephala (Valenciennes, 1837) 1994-05-06 2025-04-25 Smith, J.L.B.0 The sea fishes of southern Africa. 4th ed. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Oppor_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Oppor_u1.gif FB-GeneralDescr-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 Adults occur in brackish estuaries, river mouths and freshwater creeks (Ref. 48637, 44894).Occurs mainly in the vegetation or under stones, roots or under leaf litter in the lower parts of rivers and ponds, from tidal influence to 15 m high in altitude, on sandy, muddy or gravel bottoms. A carnivorous fish which feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and fish (Ref. 126424). Keith, P. and M.I. Mennesson 2021 Review of <i>Ophiocara</i> (Teleostei: Butidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands. Cybium 45(2):89-108. (Ref. 126424) FB-DiagnosticDescr-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-24 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Head and body dark; 2nd dorsal and caudal spotted; juveniles with irregular crossbars (Ref. 5493). Hoese, D.F. 1986 Eleotridae. p. 807-811. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5493) FB-Morphology-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-02-24 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7 Hoese, D.F. 1986 Eleotridae. p. 807-811. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5493) FB-Distribution-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Indian Ocean. Kobayashi, H. and M. Sato 2023 The genus <i>Ophiocara</i> (Teleostei: Butidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Res. 71(1):119-153. (Ref. 133165) FB-Uses-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833) Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. (Ref. 9210) FB-Migration-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 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). Kobayashi, H. and M. Sato 2023 The genus <i>Ophiocara</i> (Teleostei: Butidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Res. 71(1):119-153. (Ref. 133165) FB-Size-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 34.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5493)); max. published weight: 1.0 g (Ref. ) Hoese, D.F. 1986 Eleotridae. p. 807-811. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5493) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-10023 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-06 00:00:00 2025-04-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10023 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 133165); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 126424) Kobayashi, H. and M. Sato 2023 The genus <i>Ophiocara</i> (Teleostei: Butidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Res. 71(1):119-153. (Ref. 133165) Keith, P. and M.I. Mennesson 2021 Review of <i>Ophiocara</i> (Teleostei: Butidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands. Cybium 45(2):89-108. (Ref. 126424)