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Etymology: Netuma: A Tamil word that means "dance".
Medioambiente / Clima / Gama
Ecología
; marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 10 - 195 m (Ref. 12260). Subtropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 34°N - 34°S, 32°E - 154°E
Indo-West Pacific: known with certainty from the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean. Also reported from Australia, Polynesia and Japan and rarely in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 36.0, range 33 - 45 cm
Max length : 185 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30573); common length : 70.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9987); peso máximo publicado: 1.0 kg (Ref. 4883)
A marine species often found in estuaries, but rarely enters freshwater. Typically euryhaline (Ref. 3876). Reported to occasionally ascend into fresh water (Ref. 12693). Recorded at temperatures ranging from 26-29°C. Feeds mainly on crabs, prawns, mantis shrimps (Squilla species) but also on fishes and mollusks. An important food fish. Marketed mostly fresh; often dried.
Incubates eggs in the mouth. The fry continue to take refuge in the mouths of the male fish for the first 2 months and once they leave, the males start to eat avidly and may consume their ouwn young.
Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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