| Family: |
Pristigasteridae (Pristigasterids) |
| Max. size: |
23 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 50 m, anadromous |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to the Bay of Bengal and Andaman coast of Thailand to the Gulf of Thailand (Songkhla Lake). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 39-43. Body moderately slender, belly with 18 to 21 + 8 or 9, total usually 28 or 29 scutes. Eye large, lower jaw strongly projecting; shaft of maxilla with a distinct lobe or flange between hind tip of pre-maxilla and blade of maxilla. Dorsal fin origin near or before midpoint of body; anal origin a little behind dorsal fin base. Swim bladder without a posterior tube (or tubes). |
| Biology: |
Found inshore, presumably able to tolerate some lowering of salinity. Pelagic (Ref. 68964). More data needed. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 28 February 2017 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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