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Animal
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Fishes
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Animal
Name
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Leiognathus brevirostris (Cuvier et Valenciennes)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Class
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Osteichthyes
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Order
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Perciformes
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Family
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Leiognathidae
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Characteristic Features |
-Body oval, high and compressed. -Occiput with a dark blue blotch. -Mouth small and protractile, forming a tube which is pointed downwards. -Upper half of dorsal spines black. -A yellow longitudinal band passing from the top of eyes
to the base of -Body silvery white. -Size: 30-100 mm | |
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Ecology
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Feed on phytoplankton, medusae, Copepoda, lucifer, Ostracoda,
pelagic and benthic Amphipoda, Chaetognatha, Tunicata, Cladocera, Crustacea larvae, benthic algae, Polychaeta, Lamellibranchia, Gastropoda, Macrura, Cumacea, Isopoda, worms and detrital organic matters. |
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Habitat
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Distribution
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Indo-Pacific, East China Sea and South China Sea
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Locations
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