Jarbua terapon
📖 Overview
Found over shallow sandy bottoms, in the vicinity of river mouths. Enter estuaries and rivers , juveniles and adults are often found in freshwater . Adults in loose aggregations . Juveniles common in sandy intertidal areas; often in tidal pools. Minimum depth reported is 20 m . Found in schools . Omnivorous , feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates . Spawn in the sea and juveniles migrate into fresh water . Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent . Produce sound . Caught on all types of inshore fishing gear including gill nets, traps, handlines, and bottom trawls and marketed fresh and dried-salted .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10. Diagnosis: This species is distinguished by the following characters: body oblong moderately and laterally compressed, greatest body depth 2.5-3.2 times in standard length; head length 2.3-2.6 times in standard length; lower opercular spine extending well beyond the opercular flap; posttemporal bone exposed and serrate posteriorly; pectoral fin rays 13-14; gill rakers 6-8 +13-16 = 19-24; pored lateral line scales 75-100; horizontal scale rows above lateral line 13-17; caudal fin emarginate .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Jarbua terapon is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Jarbua terapon is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous ; depth range 20 - 350 m . Tropical; 26°C - 29°C ; 36°N - 35°S, 20°E - 167°W East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Crescent Grunter · Crescent Perch · Crescent-banded Grunter · Cresent grunter · Jarbua terapon · Jarbus Terapon · Spiky Trumpeter · target fish · Thornfish · Tiger Perch · tigerfish |
| 🌍AFR | Doornvis |
| 🌍CES | bručoun křivopruhý |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Jarbua |
| 🇩🇪German | Bogenstreifen-Tigerbarsch · Dreistreifen-Tigerbarsch · Grunzender Tigerbarsch |
| 🇫🇷French | Gendarme, Relégué, Violon · Relégué · Violon jarbua |
| 🌍IND | Kerong-Kerong |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kotohiki · コトヒキ |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 살벤자리 |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | tijgerbaars |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Трёхполосый терапон |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Trompetero media luna |
| 🌍TGL | Gagaong |
| 🌍THA | ปลาข้างตะเภาลายโค้ง |
| 🌍VIE | Cá Ong |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 細鱗鯻 彎紋釘公 花身雞魚 · 花身雞魚 · 花身鯻 · 鯻科 |
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🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 162 records indexed .
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