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Telmatherinidae (Sailfin silversides)
Etymology: Kalyptatherina: Greek, kalyptos = hidden + Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Placed under family Telmatherinidae in Saeed & Ivantsoff (1985 ?).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: known only from Misool and Bantana Islands north west of Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9836)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabit mangrove swamps close inshore. Nothing is known of its biology. This species is too small to be of any commercial value but may be taken as food by young of commercial fish species (Ref. 9836).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ivantsoff, W., 1999. Telmatherinidae. Sailfin silversides. p. 2144. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9836)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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