🌿 Brackish
Least Concern
🌡️ Tropical
Merauke toadfish
Marilyna meraukensis de Beaufort, 1955
📖 Overview
Occurs in brackish mangrove estuaries, sometimes found in tidally influenced sections of freshwater creeks and rivers .
Scientific Name
Marilyna meraukensis
Authority
de Beaufort, 1955
Habitat
Brackish
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
19 cm
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
21.00/100
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
Order
Pufferfishes and allies
Tetraodontiformes
Family
Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae
Genus
Marilyna
Marilyna
Species
Merauke toadfish
Marilyna meraukensis
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11. : short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Merauke toadfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Brackish; demersal. Tropical; 7°S - 19°S
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌿 Brackish
⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.4±0.2
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.0263 × L2.88
(TL)
Max TL
19cm
Dorsal Rays
11
Anal Rays
10
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
21.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
de Beaufort, 1955
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