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Ablennes hians
Belonidae [Needlefishes]
42.3 cm [max to 140 cm]
2.4 cm
75 gm [max to 4.8 kg]
Marine, brackish
Minor commercial Fisheries; Gamefish
Yes. This fish was caught around Horsburgh area, east of Singapore.
Pelagic; Oceanodromous.
Dark bluish dorsally. Body greatly compressed laterally with prominent dark vertical bars.
Dorsal spines:0, rays:23-26 ; Anal spines:0, rays:24-28.
