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| Lovettia sealii (Johnston, 1883) |
The Tasmanian whitebait or Derwent whitebait, Lovettia sealii, is a galaxiid of the family Galaxiidae, found only in Tasmania, Australia, particularly along the northern and southeastern coasts. The Galaxiids are a family of mostly small freshwater Fish. Representatives occur throughout the southern hemisphere including South Africa, South America In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Galaxiids are a family of mostly small freshwater Fish. Representatives occur throughout the southern hemisphere including South Africa, South America Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It grows to a length of up to 8 cm. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth
The Tasmanian whitebait occurs in coastal seas, estuaries and rivers. It is an annual species, with an anadromous life cycle. Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis on time scales ranging from daily to annual and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers In spring, large shoals of adults migrate from the sea into rivers and estuaries to spawn. Eggs are deposited on the bottom or among debris. They hatch in 2 to 3 weeks, and the fry are swept out to sea where they undergo development. Adults die shortly after spawning.
References
- "Lovettia sealii". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.