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Issue
Placement incertain of the genus Schuettea Steindachner, 1866 as the sister group of Hemerocoetidae in Ref. 127334. Here, placed in this family because genera are necessarily placed in a family in FishBase.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 30 m (Ref. 9002). Subtropical
Southwest Pacific: known only from southeastern Australia. Schuettea woodwardi, occurs at similar latitude in Western Australia (Ref. 9002).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002)
Schools are found in coastal bays, protected island coves, deeper part of large estuaries close to the sea entrance, and along rocky drop-offs with kelp (Ref. 9002).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. (Ref. 9002)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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