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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa (including Reunion, Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius) to Fiji, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species, found from east Africa, the Red Sea, the coasts of India, throughout south-east Asia to southern Japan and northern Australia, and eastwards to Samoa.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
American Samoa (American Samoa); Australia; Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; China; Fiji; Guam; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mauritius; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Additional data:
? Lower depth limit (metres): 70
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Population [top]
Population: This is a common species that can be abundant in appropriate habitat. There are no available population data.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species occurs in inshore muddy-bottomed coastal waters, river mouths and estuaries (Allen 1991). It is found in schools and occurs at depths to 70 m; the young are found in shallow estuaries and mangroves (1–10 m depth). Individuals feeds on polychaetes, small fishes and crustaceans (Woodland et al, 2001).
Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is marketed fresh or dried and salted; it is also sold for domestic animal feed (e.g. ducks) (Woodland et al. 2001). In Indian waters, this species schools near the surface during April-May, when it can be caught with drifting gill nets.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known major threats to this common and often abundant species. Local fisheries may pose a localised threat to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: This species is found in several marine protected areas within its wide distribution.
Citation: Larson, H. 2012. Leiognathus equulus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T196417A2455642. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196417A2455642.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2016.
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