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Leptobramidae (Beachsalmon)
Etymology: Leptobrama: Greek, leptos = thin + old French breme, bresme, a fresh water fish; 1460 (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic. Tropical
Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129587); 29.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head length 22.2-25.8 % SL, snout length 16.9-22.6 % HL, upper jaw length 61.8-67.3 % HL and snout length 27.3-34.4 % of upper jaw length; total gill rakers 6-12; scale rows below lateral line 15-18; vomerine tooth patch is rounded; tip of pectoral fin extending beyond the level of tip of appressed pelvic fin; lateral line steeply curved anteriorly; black spot distally on anterior dorsal fin absent (Ref. 129587).
This species is apparently pelagic, entering or living in the lower reaches of rivers (Ref. 129587).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Kimura, S., T. Peristiwady and R. Fricke, 2016. Taxonomic review of the genus Leptobrama Steindachner 1878 (Perciformes: Leptobramidae), with the resurrection of Leptobrama pectoralis (Ramsay and Ogilby 1887). Ichthyol. Res. 63:435-444. (Ref. 129587)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
