Klassificering / Namn
Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande; katadrom (Ref. 138269). Temperate; 10°S - 40°S
Oceania: endemic to Australia (Queensland to Victoria).
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 6398); rapporterad maxålder: 22 år (Ref. 38557)
Kort beskrivning
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Adults occur in rivers and estuaries (Ref. 7300, 44894), lakes and small streams in upland and coastal plain areas, including brackish estuaries. They prefer the cover provided by aquatic vegetation in rocky or gravel-bottomed pools. Only females dwell upstream; males tend to stay in the lower, estuarine reaches of rivers. Juveniles feed on zooplankton; adult on insects, crustaceans and fishes. Life cycle is catadromous: flood events between May and August trigger a downstream spawning migration to estuaries. Plant thickets and sandbars are known sites for egg deposition (Ref. 44894). A 63 cm LCF female was caught and released in Lake Samsonvale, SE Queensland with an estimated weight of more than 4.5 kg (Stephen T. Poole, pers.comm. elops1@yahoo.com, 03/09).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Hot mot människor
Harmless
Mänskliga användningsområden
Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
Verktyg
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Uppskattningar baserade på modeller
Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00421 - 0.02854), b=3.05 (2.83 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (tmax=18; k=0.20).
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
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