WoRMS name details
Valamugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775)
218905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218905)
unaccepted
Species
Valamugil Smith, 1948 accepted as Crenimugil Schultz, 1946
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and...
Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and detritus associated with sand and mud (Ref. 9812). Forms schools. Also caught using stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets during spawning; also taken as bycatch (Ref. 9812). Important table fish when in season. Marketed fresh and perhaps salted, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe marketed salted (Ref. 9812). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Valamugil seheli (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218905 on 2022-07-06
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Description Inhabits coastal waters; enters estuaries and rivers where it feeds on microalgae, filamentous algae, forams, diatoms, and detritus associated with sand and mud (Ref. 9812). Forms schools. Also caught using stakenets, barrier nets, and pouch nets during spawning; also taken as bycatch (Ref. 9812). Important table fish when in season. Marketed fresh and perhaps salted, boiled (Thailand), canned or frozen (Australia); roe marketed salted (Ref. 9812). [details]
