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Scientific Name Nibea soldado  (Lacepède, 1802)
Common Name
Type Locality "Cayenne" [erroneous, should be Indo-West Pacific].
Etymology Nibea: Greek, niba, nipsis = to wash. 
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Size 600mm or 23.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-West Pacific: coasts of India and Sri Lanka eastwards extending to Queensland, Australia and New Guinea and north to Viet Nam. Found in the lower Mekong basin.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016.
Other Parameters Inhabits shallow coastal waters and estuaries. Lives in marine, brackish and freshwater.
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Feeding In the wild, feeds on small fishes and invertebrates. User data.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 4, pp 344, 389.
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Last Update 2021 Jul 14 02:34 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:19)