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Cestraeus plicatilis in Vanuatu
Lobed river mullet

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Cestraeus plicatilis   Valenciennes, 1836
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Cepli_u1.jpg) by Pöllabauer, C.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Lobed river mullet
Max. size:	32.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9812)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	aquaculture: likely future use
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Asia: Celebes, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Fiji.
Biology:	Very little available data. Possibly ascending some way up rivers. Probably taken incidentally or as part of subsistence fisheries in rivers. Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Harrison, Ian
Main Ref:	Harrison, I.J. and H. Senou. 1997. (Ref. 9812)
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Vanuatu country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nh.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/Vanuatu/vanuatu.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Harrison, I.J. and H. Senou, 1997
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	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07