Family: |
Odacidae (Cales and weed-whitings) |
Max. size: |
29 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 7 m |
Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: southern coast of Australia, from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia to Sydney, New South Wales; including Tasmania. |
Diagnosis: |
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Biology: |
Forms large schools in estuaries and other sheltered waters with sand and seagrass bottoms. Considered primarily as an opportunistic carnivore, feeding mainly on polychaetes; also gastropods, crustaceans (crab and amphipods), algae and seagrass (mostly Zostera) are common; forams, bivalves, and ophiuroids were also found in a few stomachs. |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 18 September 2009 Ref. (130435)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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