Diagnostic Description
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Description: Body silvery with vermiculations irregular yellow on dorsal side up to midlateral; dorsal, pectoral and pelvic fins colorless; dorsal fin spinous membrane margin black; anal fin anterior yellow. Nuchal spine on nape. Mouth pointing forward when protracted. Head and breast scaleless. Scales minute. Body depth max 2.0-2.5 in SL. (Ref. 2108, 90102)
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Diseases and Parasites
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Elongoparorchis Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diseases and Parasites
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Camallanus Infection 2. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diseases and Parasites
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Camallanus Infection 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diseases and Parasites
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Rhipidocotyle Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 13 - 14
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Trophic Strategy
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Found in coastal waters (Ref. 30573). Young enter estuaries (Ref. 4833). Searches for prey using a protruding pipette-like mouth or by sieving potential food through their gill rakers (Ref. 26569). Feed on small fishes, shrimps, other crustaceans, and polychaetes.
Biology
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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.
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Importance
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fisheries: commercial
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- Crispina B. Binohlan
分布
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分布於印度-中西太平洋區，西起非洲東岸、紅海，東至密克尼西亞群島，北自琉球群島，南迄澳洲、大溪地。台灣以西部、南部之砂泥底質水域、河口區及澎湖沿海為主。
利用
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為小型的食用魚。一般漁法以底拖網、待袋網、小型圍網或手釣捕獲。味美但肉少且多刺，煮湯味道極佳，為海鮮店的一道名菜。
描述
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體橢圓形而側扁；背、腹部輪廓相當。體長為體高的2.15-2.52倍。眼上緣具二鼻後棘。上頜具一列尖齒，每一側前端具一犬齒，下頜也有少許犬齒；口裂斜，口可向前方伸出，有如管狀；吻部稍短於眼徑；下頜輪廓呈直線，向上成45度角。頭部不具鱗；體被圓鱗，除胸鰭基部至臀鰭起點間之三角形區域裸出外，其他部位均被鱗；腹鰭具腋鱗，背鰭及臀鰭具鞘鱗；側線完全，延伸至尾柄處。背鰭單一，硬棘部和軟條相連；胸鰭發達，似鐮刀形；尾柄細窄，尾鰭深叉形。體背銀灰色，體側銀白；體側另具不規則的暗色條紋和斑塊。各鰭淡黃或色淡。
棲地
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沿岸砂泥底棲性魚類，棲息水深在1-40公尺之間；以小魚、蝦蟹或多毛類為食；適溫26～29℃；產卵期時，會游入河口區產卵。
Gazza minuta
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Gazza minuta, the toothpony or toothed ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and the east African coast east through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to Australia and Tahiti north as far as the Ryukyu Islands. It occurs over sandy and silty bottoms, although the young prefer mangroves and silty reefs. it feeds using its protruding pipette-like mouth or using the gill rakers as seives. Its food consists of smaller fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes.[2]
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Gazza minuta: Brief Summary
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Gazza minuta, the toothpony or toothed ponyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a ponyfish from the family Leiognathidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and the east African coast east through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to Australia and Tahiti north as far as the Ryukyu Islands. It occurs over sandy and silty bottoms, although the young prefer mangroves and silty reefs. it feeds using its protruding pipette-like mouth or using the gill rakers as seives. Its food consists of smaller fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes.
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Description
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Found in coastal waters; predominantly close to the substrate. Feeds on small fish, shrimps, other crustaceans, and polychaetes. Occurs at temperatures ranging from 26 to 29°C. Sold fresh and dried salted in markets, also made into fishmeal.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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