Quoy's garfish

📖 Overview

Inhabits more turbid and estuarine situations than does Hyporhamphus dussumieri and is not found in oceanic islands . May enter rivers . Found in medium to large-sized rivers of the lower Mekong . Occurs in schools . Taken mostly with shore seines; marketed mostly fresh and dried salted .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17; Vertebrae: 51 - 56. Prolonged, beak-like lower jaw, shorter than head length, its length contained in 4.7-8.6 times in SL and 1.2-2.0 times in head length; upper jaw short, scaly, blunt and rounded, its width contained in 0.5-0.6 times in its length; preorbital bone 1.75-2.15 times in diameter of orbit and 0.9-1.15 times in length of upper jaw; preorbital ridge present; posterior branch to preorbital lateral line canal present. Total number of gill rakers on first arch 26-39; dorsal fin rays 14-17, usually 16; anal fin rays 13-17, usually 15 or 16. Caudal fin forked, with lower lobe longer than upper.: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Quoy's garfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Quoy's garfish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Quoy's garfish is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - ? m. Tropical West Pacific: in western Pacific, known from Thailand, the East Indies, Borneo, and the Philippines north to China and Nagasaki, Japan, south to New Guinea and northern half of Australia.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 15 records indexed .

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