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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Etymology: Pentaprion: Greek, pente = five + Greek, prion = saw (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 15 - 220 m (Ref. 12260). Tropical; 31°N - 28°S, 47°E - 154°E

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Indo-West Pacific: western and southern coasts of India and off Sri Lanka to Indonesia, the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands, and south to the northern part of Australia (Ref. 3131).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2872); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2872)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 5-6; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13. Body is slender, with weakly attached silvery scales. The spines of the dorsal and anal fins longer than the rays; the pectoral fins long and pointed, reaching beyond the anal fin spines; the anal fin is long; the caudal fin lobes rounded.

Inhabits coastal waters. Forms large schools. Probably feeds on small benthic animals. Used for fish meal and duck food.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Woodland, David J. | Collaborators

Woodland, D.J., 1984. Gerreidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 2. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3409)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor, 1849)