Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Adrianichthyidae

Genus: Oryzias

Species: Oryzias melastigma (McClelland, 1839)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in brackish waters and estuaries, usually in shallow lagoons and swamps among roots and mangroves along the margins of waters, and readily adapts to freshwater conditions and even spawns in freshwater (Ref. 41236).

Habitat

brackish