Fan-bellied leatherjacket
📖 Overview
Inhabits estuaries and on coastal and offshore reefs ; also on weed bottoms and on trawling grounds. Found on muddy or silty substrates . Is an omnivore which feeds mainly on seagrass, algae, gammarid amphipods and caridean shrimps as well as on bryozoans, hydroids, ascidians, copepods, caprellid amphipods and tanaidaceans .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 34; Anal soft rays: 27 - 34. : short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Fan-bellied leatherjacket is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 50 m . Tropical north to southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and New South Wales.
🌿 Ecology
seagrass, algae, gammarid amphipods and caridean shrimps as well as on bryozoans, hydroids, ascidian
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 21 records indexed .
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