Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien; zoet water; brak water demersaal; pH range: 7.5 - 9.5; amfidroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 1 - ? m. Subtropical; 25°C - 33°C (Ref. 36880); 41°N - 0°S
Eastern Pacific: Palos Verdes in southern California, USA to Peru.
Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?, range 17 - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 5404); 39.0 cm TL (female); common length : 25.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 55763); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 1.2 kg (Ref. 5404); max. gepubliceerd gewicht: 1.2 kg
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Body compressed; head flat; first dorsal fin with 7 spines, second with 1 spine and 8 to 9 rays; anal fin with 1 spine and 9 to 10 rays; lateral line with 30 to 34 scales; body depth contained about three times in standard length; body dark green to dark brown with numerous small pale spots (Ref. 55763).
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabit estuaries, stagnant ditches or creeks of low current velocity between the sea and an elevation of 30 m. Benthic and most abundant on sandy and muddy bottoms. Ingests much mud and detritus, although also filter plankton (Ref. 36880). Found in shallow inshore areas; typically in freshwater but moves freely into the sea.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel; Aquacultuur: commercieel
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