Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 14 m (Ref. 127519). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3178)
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7. Characterized by greyish brown body color; presence of five brown saddles on back from nape to caudal peduncle; row of brown blotches along middle of side; dorsal and caudal fins with brown spotting; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 30; predorsal scales 10; ctenoid scales posteriorly, becoming cycloid anteriorly; head without scales except nape region; depth of body 4.0-5.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits silty reefs in 0-5 m (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Weber, M. and L.F. De Beaufort, 1953. The fishes of the Indo-Australian archipelago. X. Gobioidea. Leiden (The Netherlands): E.J. Brill, 10:xiii, 423 p. (Ref. 3178)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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