Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Caudal fin deeply emarginate; silvery blue-grey on back, silvery on sides and ventrally; pectoral fins yellowish with a black spot at upper base (Ref. 11441).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Mugiliformes

Family: Mugilidae

Genus: Crenimugil

Species: Crenimugil pedaraki (Valenciennes, 1836)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific: East Africa south to Knysna, South Africa and east to the western Pacific.

Biology

Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless