Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 44 - 47.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Kurtidae

Genus: Kurtus

Species: Kurtus gulliveri Castelnau, 1878

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults inhabit mangrove-nipa swamps, brackish estuaries and slow-flowing turbid rivers. Feed on small fishes, shrimps and crayfish. The male carries the eggs around like a bunch of grapes attached to a hook on the head, called forehead brooding (Ref. 36739, 44894). Esteemed table fish (Ref. 2158).

Habitat

brackish