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Life Cycle

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Annual breeding season is brief. Females brood young or show development of the buccal brood pouch.
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Emmanuel Kaunda
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Trophic Strategy

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Zooplanktivorous (Refs. 117789, 117790). Larger specimens appear to feed more upon larger predatory zooplankton species than small ones (Ref. 117790).
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Rubyann Robelle Polido
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Biology

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Demersal, sand-dwelling species (Ref. 54524).
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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Importance

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aquarium: commercial
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Crispina B. Binohlan
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