Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Pectoral filaments 3; fin membranes uniformly brown like all other fins. Vomer lacks deciduous tooth plates on both sides throughout its life history. Posterior part of maxilla shallow, 2-3% of SL. Long tooth plate extension onto lateral surface of lower jaw, 9-10% SL (Ref. 41639).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Carangaria/misc

Family: Polynemidae

Genus: Eleutheronema

Species: Eleutheronema tridactylum (Bleeker, 1849)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Too small to be of major commercial importance (Ref. 57343).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless