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Eleotris margaritacea in East Timor

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Eleotris margaritacea   Valenciennes, 1837
Family:	Eleotridae (Sleepers) , subfamily: Eleotrinae			picture (Elmar_m1.jpg) by Winterbottom, R.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	23.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 44894)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec = 100,000)
Distribution:	Africa to Oceania: Madagascar to New Guinea, Australia and other islands of Melanesia.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 9-9. A relatively large, stout, cylindrical gudgeon with a dorsally flattened head; generally greenish brown with 8-10 dark bars across sides and large black blotch at base of pectoral fins. Lower half of head tan or yellowish with 3-4 dark brown to reddish stripes radiating from lower part of eye (Ref. 44894).
Biology:	Found in a variety of habitats including rivers, swamps, coastal streams and floodplains. Occurs over mud bottoms, often among dense aquatic vegetation or the cover of undercut banks. Feeds mainly on aquatic insects and nymphs, but also takes lesser amount of algae, other aquatic plants and small crustaceans. Has a pelagic marine larval stage, but adults are always found in freshwater
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen. 2002. (Ref. 44894)
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East Timor country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish
Abundance:	common (usually seen)		Ref:  Larson, H.K. and B. Pidgeon, 2004
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	River near Deli; river near Atapupu; Mota Bertuli; Vero River.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Larson, H.K. and B. Pidgeon, 2004
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	Entered:  Busson, Frédéric

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