Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugilidae

Genus: Cestraeus

Species: Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes, 1836

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia and Oceania: Indonesia east to Fiji; north to the Philippines and south to New Caledonia.

Biology

Very little available data. Possibly ascending some way up rivers. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless