Ogilby's hardyhead
📖 Overview
Found in shallow coastal waters, including bays and estuaries ; can tolerate salinity as low as 3 parts per thousand . Usually in schools . Feeds on amphipods, copepods, isopods, crab and barnacle larvae, polychaetes, gastropods, chironomid midges, hymenopterans, ants, foraminiferans, and plant matter . Opportunistic feeder . Probably used as bait and for fishmeal .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15; Vertebrae: 40 - 43. Upper margin of dentary slightly ascending distally, without a distinct tubercle at the posterior end; posterior tip of upper jaw not extending beyond a vertical through anterior margin of pupil; midlateral scale count 39-42; midlateral band narrow, width about 2/3 to 5/6 that of midlateral scale at level of anal fin origin .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Ogilby's hardyhead is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Ogilby's hardyhead is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Ogilby's hardyhead is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Subtropical West Pacific: known only from western and eastern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
amphipods, copepods, isopods, crab and barnacle larvae, polychaetes, gastropods, chironomid midges,
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 10 records indexed .
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