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Valamugil buchanani in Seychelles
Bluetail mullet

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Valamugil buchanani   (Bleeker, 1854)
Family:	Mugilidae (Mullets)			picture (Vabuc_u0.jpg) by Meyer, T.
Order:	Mugiliformes  (Mullets)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Bluetail mullet
Max. size:	100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4393)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic; catadromous
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indo-Pacific: South Africa through Philippines, parts of Indonesia, Micronesia and Melanesia; north to the Mariana Islands and southern Japan.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 4-5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Greenish dorsally; flanks and abdomen silvery; small gold patch on upper operculum and iris; caudal fin bright blue, pectoral fins yellow with dark blue spot dorsally at origin (Ref. 9812).
Biology:	Inhabit coastal waters, including estuaries and rivers (Ref. 5213). Young fish frequent estuaries and also ascend rivers and coastal creeks (Ref. 2847). Feed on algae, diatoms, detritus, and crustaceans (Ref. 9812). Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive (Ref. 205). Caught during the spawning period (Ref. 9812). Other methods include the use of stakenets, pouch nets, and barrier nets (Ref. 9812)
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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Seychelles country information
Common names:	Mulet sauteur		Ref:  Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1963
Status:	native		Ref:  Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1963
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Also Ref. 1623, 57749.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/se.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Thomson, J.M., 1984
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	Modified:  Busson, Frédéric	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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