Author: (McCulloch, 1912)
FBname: Spotted hardyhead
Comments: Mainly coastal and estuarine, often schooling with <i>C. capreoli, Atherinomorus endrachtensis</i> and <i>A. ogilbyi</i>.  Diet includes crustaceans and diatoms.  Breeds from December to March throughout the southern hemisphere.  Appears to have a one year life span.  May be food fish for larger commercially important fishes.