💧 Freshwater
Data Deficient
🌡️ Tropical
Sundasalanx Megalops
Sundasalanx megalops Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
📖 Overview
At the mouth of a creek over sandy, silty substrate in flowing turbid water approximately 1.5 m deep.
Scientific Name
Sundasalanx megalops
Authority
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
DD
Trophic Level
3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
Order
Herrings, anchovies, and allies
Clupeiformes
Family
Ehiravidae
Ehiravidae
Genus
Sundasalanx
Sundasalanx
Species
Sundasalanx Megalops
Sundasalanx megalops
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Sundasalanx Megalops is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sundasalanx Megalops is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
Spawning Season
spring
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater
🌿 Brackish
Trophic Level
3±0.3
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00468 × L3.03
(TL)
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2017
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
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