Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Polynemidae > Leptomelanosoma > Leptomelanosoma indicum

Leptomelanosoma indicum (Indian threadfin; Threadfin; Thread fin; Row ball; Monk fish; Indian-threadfin; Indian tassel fish; Indian salmon; Giant threadfin; Bastard mullets; Bamin; Tassel fish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Indian threadfin (Leptomelanosoma indicum) is a coastal fish in the family Polynemidae that occurs over muddy flats, in estuaries and sometimes into river mouths in South and Southeast Asia.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Prey / Diet

Coilia dussumieri (gold spotted grenadier anchovy)[2]
Johnius dussumieri (Sin-croaker)[2]
Metapenaeus affinis (jinga shrimp)[2]
Parapenaeopsis stylifera (kiddi shrimp)[2]
Thryssa malabarica (Moustaced thryssa)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Congresox talabonoides (Indian putyekanipa)[2]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE DEMERSAL FISHES OFF BOMBAY, C. SUSEELAN AND K.V. SOMASEKHARAN NAIR, 1969, Indian J. Fish. 16 : 56-74
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0