Freshwater snapper
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit freshwater streams and brackish, mangrove-lined estuaries. Juveniles upstream . Not reported from purely marine habitats.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Dorsal profile of head moderately sloped. Preorbital width about equal to, or slightly narrower than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising parallel to lateral line. Back and sides grayish-brown or olive, becoming whitish on belly. A prominent black blotch on the lateral line below the anterior soft dorsal-fin rays. Juveniles with a series of diffuse blackish bars on sides.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Freshwater snapper is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 15 m . Tropical; 24°N - 13°S, 106°E - 161°E known only from China, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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