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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Terapon jarbua
Jarbua terapon
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Terapontidae
Description:
The fish has an oval and compressed body with a terminal mouth. Its eyes are placed high on the head. The body is silvery brown dorsally, and fading to creamy yellow ventrally. Three downward curving horizontal dark stripes run across its silvery body with the lowest stripe reaching the middle rays of its truncated caudal fin. Its spinous dorsal fin has a distinct black blotch.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widespread in estuaries and coastal regions of Hong Kong.
Global Distribution
Indo-Pacific region, including Red Sea, Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia.
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References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lam, K. S. (2002).
Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
Chen I.S. and Fang L.S. (1999).
The Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Taiwan
(in Chinese). National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung.
