Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugilidae

Genus: Crenimugil

Species: Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-Pacific: Indonesia and Philippines to New Hebrides [=Vanuatu], north to the southern Japanese Islands. Reported from freshwater in New Caledonia (Ref. 13235).

Biology

Found in coastal waters and ascending rivers into freshwater, penetrating far upstream from river mouth. Found in turbid channels and over gravel-bottoms. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Food-fish.

Habitat

freshwater

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless