Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; reef-associated. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Africa to the Mariana Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40488); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40488)
Found in coastal waters and estuaries (Ref. 40488). Form shoals over mudflats (Ref. 40488). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim (eds.), 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. (8):569-667. (Ref. 36648)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Bait: usually
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