Eleutheronema tetradactylum
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| Eleutheronema tetradactylum | |
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| Species: | E. tetradactylum
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| Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)
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Eleutheronema tetradactylum, also known as fourfinger threadfin, Indian salmon, blue threadfin, or Rawas, is a threadfin fish of the Polynemidae family.[1] This is a commercially valuable species, known for uses in aquaculture.[1] It occurs mainly over shallow muddy bottoms in coastal waters,[2] often forming loose schools.[3] Adults of this species enter rivers during winter.[3] Adults feed on prawns, fish, and occasionally polychaetes,[4] while juveniles feed on prawns, shrimps, and mysids.[4] This species is vulnerable to overfishing.[5]
References
- ^ a b Motomura, H., Y. Iwatsuki, S. Kimura and T. Yoshino, Revision of the Indo-West Pacific polynemid fish genus Eleutheronema, 2002, p. 47-61, Reference 41639, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
- ^ Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, Australian fisheries resources, 1993, p. 422, Reference 41639, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
- ^ a b Menon, A.G.K. and M. Babun Rao, Polynemidae, 1984, Reference 6390, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
- ^ a b Motomura, H., Threadfins of the world, 2004, p. 117, 57343, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
- ^ Cheung, W.W.L., T.J. Pitcher and D.Pauly, A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerabilities of marine fishes to fishing. Biol. Conserv, 2005, p. 97-111, Reference 59153, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
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