Author: Worthington, 1929
Comments: Found in most areas of the lakes and rivers from which it has been collected (Ref. 49805). Generalist feeder (Ref. 12526, 49805). Insectivorous as juvenile, adults eat <i>Caridina</i>, small fishes, and <i>Povilla</i> and Odonata larvae (Ref. 12526). Prawns, water weed and oligochaetes have also been found in the stomach (Ref. 49805). Mabybe spawns in rocky riverine habitats (Ref. 12526). 