Fiji country information

Common names: Gusu bi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lal, P.N, K. Swamy and P. Singh, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Plectorhinchinae
Etymology: Plectorhinchus: Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lacepède.

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

marinhas; Água doce; estuarina associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 8 - 25 m (Ref. 58652). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Natal, South Africa (including Madagascar and the Comoro and Reunion islands); Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf eastward to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia; Caroline and Mariana islands in Micronesia.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 30874)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 14; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 15 - 16; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 7 - 8.

Found in coastal reefs, sandbanks, and near estuaries (Ref. 30573). Enter freshwater (Ref. 7050). Small juveniles occur along sheltered sandy shorelines where they mimic a dead leaf by drifting on their sides (Ref. 37816). Adults mainly in protected inshore reefs to deep offshore, sometimes swims in small groups (Ref. 48635). Excellent food fish (Ref. 2799).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)