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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 1996-11-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4884 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Inhabits rivers and estuaries, preferably muddy to clear water (Ref. 1479). Prefers backwater of quiet eddies (Ref. 12045). Feeds on insects, mollusks, shrimps and fishes (Ref. 1479). A very good food fish. 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) FB-Distribution-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 2014-11-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4884 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. 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) FB-Uses-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 1996-11-08 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4884 fisheries: 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) FB-Migration-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 1996-11-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4884 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) FB-TrophicStrategy-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-09 00:00:00 2000-11-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public rita http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Inhabits rivers and estuaries, preferably muddy to clear water. Prefers backwater of quiet eddies (Ref. 12045). Feeds on insects, molluscs, shrimps and fishes. Barton, O. 1950 A new <i>Siganus</i>, from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Am. Mus. Novit. (1464):1-2. FB-Size-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 1996-11-08 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=4884 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 150 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4833)) 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) 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#Distribution 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-Diseases-4884-206 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-01-15 00:00:00 2003-07-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4884&StockCode=5115 Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. (Ref. 42533) FB-Diseases-4884-680 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-01-15 00:00:00 2003-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4884&StockCode=5115 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Cucullanus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. (Ref. 42533) FB-Diseases-4884-685 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-01-15 00:00:00 2003-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4884&StockCode=5115 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Opisthorchis Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. (Ref. 42533) FB-Diseases-4884-686 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-01-15 00:00:00 2003-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4884&StockCode=5115 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Phyllodistomum Infestation 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. (Ref. 42533) FB-Diseases-4884-687 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-01-15 00:00:00 2003-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=4884&StockCode=5115 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Rhabdochona Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p. (Ref. 42533) FB-Habitat-4884 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-01-22 00:00:00 1996-11-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4884 demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; pH range: 6.5 - 8.0; dH range: 30 Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)