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Common names: Angag, Badyang, Bakagan
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Leyte Gulf (Ref. 68980). Museum: Bulan, FMNH 17108. Panay, FMNH 21964. Batangas, FMNH 21965-21966. Mindanao, FMNH 52231. Fish market in Puerto Princesa, FMNH 72249. Unisan, FMNH 76730. Iloilo Fishing Port market, MUFS 9341-9343. Manila Bay, MUFS 9351. Igang Bay, NSMT-P 45890. Cebu, YCM-P 1925, 1927 (Ref. 27956). Also Ref. 2108, 58652.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Conlu, P.V., 1986
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Sapsap dentu, Motambo dentudo, Largetoothed ponyfish, ... more

Main reference

James, P.S.B.R. 1984. (Ref. 3424)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Woodland, David J. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 21.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5525); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)

Environment

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 10 - 110 m (Ref. 12260)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 26°C - 29°C, preferred ?; 35°N - 36°S, 19°E - 137°W

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the east African coast (30° to about 50°S) to Australia and Tahiti, north to the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 27956).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 13 - 14.

Found in shallow inshore coastal waters over silty bottoms (Ref. 30573, 90102). Young enters mangrove estuaries or silty reef areas (Ref. 4833, 90102). Searches for prey using a protruding pipette-like mouth or by sieving potential food through their gill rakers (Ref. 26569). Feeds on small fishes, shrimps, other crustaceans, and polychaetes. Sold fresh and dried salted; also made into fishmeal.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.2 ±0.0 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.70-1.30)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (14 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795)