Blackfin threadfin
📖 Overview
Collected off river mouths as well as offshore . Inhabits coastal waters over sand or mud bottoms . Known to be taken at 150 m in the Gulf of Carpentaria but typically from a much shallower depth .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body uniformly golden-silver. Pectoral fin rays unbranched, blackish; tip of uppermost filament reaching to or just short of level of posterior tip of upper part of pectoral fin .: short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blackfin threadfin is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 6°S - 17°S, 127°E - 147°E
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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