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Amniataba caudavittata (Richardson, 1845)

Description

Common Names

  • English wyandotte , English , Australia
  • Yellowtail grunter , English , Australia
  • Yellowtail trumpeter , English , Australia
  • Yellowtailed perch , English , Australia
  • 斑尾羊鯻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Centrarchiformes

    Family: Terapontidae

    Genus: Amniataba

    Species: Amniataba caudavittata (Richardson, 1845)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Central Pacific: Australia and New Guinea.

    • Biology

    Occur inshore, in mangrove areas; in lotic and lentic freshwater bodies (Ref. 7300). Live in coastal marine waters, but also found in estuaries and freshwater sections of rivers (particularly in temperate southern latitudes) (Ref. 44894). Benthic omnivore, juveniles feed on algae and a range of small crustaceans, while older fish prey mainly on polychaetes (Ref. 34016). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    freshwater