Author: Castelnau, 1878
FBname: Nurseryfish
Comments: Adults inhabit mangrove-nipa swamps, brackish estuaries and slow-flowing turbid rivers.  Feed on small fishes, shrimps and crayfish.  The male carries the eggs around like a bunch of grapes attached to a hook on the head, called forehead brooding (Ref. 36739, 44894).  Esteemed table fish (Ref. 2158).