Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; agua dulce; salobre asociado a arrecife; anfidromo (Ref. 46888). Tropical; 11°C - 31°C (Ref. 97140); 37°N - 33°S
Western Atlantic: North Carolina (USA), the Bahamas, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ref. 57756).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251); common length : 4.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10 - 12; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 13. About 5 round or elongate dark blotches along mid-side, some with diagonal marks extending upward to form V shapes (Ref. 26938).
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Euryhaline species, ranging from brackish water (almost entering fresh water) to hypersaline littoral lagoons (Ref. 13628), with a salinity range of 0.0 to 25.9 ppt (Ref. 97140). Found in quiet waters of bays and estuaries, in grassy and muddy areas.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Benthic spawner.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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