Found on the continental shelf on sand or mud bottoms.

Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Indonesia, Philippines and northern Australia.

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12

14.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3476))

Posterior edge of breast scales elongated to a point. Preopercular spines 4-9. Infraorbital and suborbital ridges bearing spines or serrae (some usually bicuspid). Preocular spines 2-6. Anterior 12-28 lateral line scales bearing a small spine or ridge; scales in rows above lateral line sometimes have a hook or tubercle. Total gill rakers frequently 8.

Depth range based on 291 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 83 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 8.9 - 88.2
  Temperature range (°C): 23.609 - 27.590
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.149 - 2.763
  Salinity (PPS): 34.202 - 35.470
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.051 - 4.763
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.083 - 0.337
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 5.767

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 8.9 - 88.2

Temperature range (°C): 23.609 - 27.590

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.149 - 2.763

Salinity (PPS): 34.202 - 35.470

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.051 - 4.763

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.083 - 0.337

Silicate (umol/l): 0.380 - 5.767
 
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demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 9 - 80 m (Ref. 9790)

Amphidromous. Refers to fishes that regularly migrate between freshwater and the sea (in both directions), but not for the purpose of breeding, as in anadromous and catadromous species. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.Characteristic elements in amphidromy are: reproduction in fresh water, passage to sea by newly hatched larvae, a period of feeding and growing at sea usually a few months long, return to fresh water of well-grown juveniles, a further period of feeding and growing in fresh water, followed by reproduction there (Ref. 82692).

Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1

Not Evaluated

fisheries: minor commercial