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Etymology: Guavina: A name from Taíno language, cited by Las Casas: " hay otros peces que llaman guabinas, la media sílaba, breve". From the root "gua" = it, the. "There are other fishes that are named guabina, the middle syllabe, short".
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeastern USA to Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50536)
Found over muddy bottoms, generally in brackish waters of estuaries but also occurs in fresh water and hyper-saline environments.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Cervigón, F., 1994. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 3. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 295 p. (Ref. 13628)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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