Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) |
34 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 5 m, amphidromous |
Asia and Oceania: Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Micronesia (Pohnpei, Caroline Islands) and Australia. Reported from New Caledonia (Ref. 13246). |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8 |
Found in freshwater, estuaries, inshore and mangrove (Ref. 86252). Adults occur on soft mud bottoms of rainforest creeks to elevations of at least 150 m. (Ref. 2847, 44894). They favor undercut banks for retreat. Probably has a pelagic marine larval stage (Ref. 44894). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 August 2018 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Known from Gogol and Ramu river systems. Also occurs in the Admiralty Is. and Sepik-Ramu river (Ref. 13533). Also Ref. 6771. |
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